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		rbanffy on Dec 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mono's Making Money OTOH, being able to easily move your WP7 app to Android or iOS is a disaster for MS. The only portability that interests Microsoft is one-way towards their platforms.

AndrewDucker on Dec 13, 2011 | [–]

Well, yes. Once WP7 has a larger market share than Android and iOS they'll want to plug that gap.

That should happen about fifteen minutes after never.

untog on Dec 13, 2011 | [–]

Yes, but MS are behind in the smartphone race and they know it. Right now they'll do anything they can to get more devs on their platform.

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