I think we're all wondering what happened. I don't know all the pieces myself. I do know that I've had at least $100k worth of work go off the table due to this, or at least get significantly delayed.
I'm also in the same situation where I had based our strategy on the mobile mono technologies to hit the iPhone and Android. From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 08:05:56 +0200 To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [mono-android] What the hell.. Hi, If I read well, Mono will be abandoned, isn't it? Grrr I based my recently created startup strategy on mono multiplatform technologies... So this hurts.. I have a spanish blog with some thousands of readers. I could write about this to spread the word on the situation. Can someone tell me what happened?? Regards, Jesus Bosch Ayguade Enviado desde Windows Phone De: Wally McClure Enviado: martes, 17 de mayo de 2011 2:31 Para: [email protected]; [email protected] Asunto: Re: [MonoTouch] [mono-android] Can not purchase Monotouch Android on Novel Store > > Thanks for the kind words. Personally, I can't tell you what you should do > right now. I did 2 talks last week on mobile strategies and ended them by > saying that there are a number of options out there for them to consider and > each must make an educated decision. I chose monotouch and mono for android. > Now Attachmate has made this a questionable decision. > I think some of the options are:Listen to what Attachmate says. Given that > they have had two weeks to prepare a statement, I question if they ever will. > Can you trust what they have to say at this point? Can you trust that they > can produce a product that will meet your needs? The statement "All > technology roadmaps remain intact" rings very hollow. > http://morewally.com/cs/blogs/wallym/archive/2011/05/16/all-technology-roadmaps-remain-except-for-the-ones-that-we-won-t-tell-you-about.aspxStay > the course with Monotouch and listen to what Miguel is doing. Monotouch is > kinda mature at this point, so its got some legs. Can I get to that point > based on the current version of monotouch? What happens with iOS5?Mono for > Android. Unfortunately, Mono for Android still has enough issues that I > can't recommend it as it exists. Sorry, thats just the situation the product > is in today. The debugging doesn't work, its too slow on startup of apps, > its just not all there at this point i > n time. I'm not going to use it.Just go to the vendor directed products, > meaning ObjectiveC. I realize that there are a number of issues, but this > will keep me from ever getting mucked up. Yes the learning curve is not > small. I won't have to worry about Apple with their self fud, someone from > SUSE shooting their mouth off about getting rid of Mono (yeah, that happened > as well), or this. Should I just go ahead and bite the bullet? Don't > underestimate that learning curve. > What is everyone looking to do? > Wally > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:00:52 -0700 > Subject: Re: [mono-android] Can not purchase Monotouch Android on Novel Store > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All... > > I'm a observer on the Android development as I > haven't had any time to use if for development yet...However, I have several > apps in the app store written in MonoTouch and I have 4 more due this > month... > > We are from Oklahoma, where a deal is a deal...If > you want out of the deal then let us know why, when and (at the very least) > what we should expect since we invested time and money in you...If I did this > to > a customer, I'd have a pissed off 6' 5" cowboy at my door the next > morning... > > My major concern is having to move to exclusive > XCode development to continue our products. We can do this, but I'd rather > not > have to explain to my wife (owner of the company too) we need to re invest 6 > months in retraining our help not to mention loosing the momentum we have > with > our other apps... > > Wally, dude....Love the books...I've bought > 2...Lead us Obi Wan against the evil empire (evil_empire = > Attachmate)... > > P.S Did I mention my wife is German? > > > Steve > > > > From: Wally McClure > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 1:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mono-android] SPAM-LOW: Re: Can not purchase Monotouch > Android on Novel Store > > You and me both. I just watched at least $100k of work go > down the drain with this. I am upset to say the least. > > > Wally > > > > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 17:35:27 -0300 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: > Re: [mono-android] SPAM-LOW: Re: Can not purchase Monotouch Android on Novel > Store > > > > I have an application deployed on 2 enterprises and with new > contracts to come to honor util July… And porting to Android is in the middle > of > the process with a contract in standby too. > > > Will just be good to know from Attachmate and Xamarin what happens with > actual licences to see if we can change our jobs, scape from country to avoid > local law, move do Alaska and work with fishing, call international lawyers > or > if we just continue working… > > > (Maybe I can sell hotdogs and soda at the beach) > > > Karl > > >>From : Nick Maddern <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 06:20:57 +1000 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: [mono-android] Can not > purchase Monotouch Android on Novel Store > > > > > > I am interested in knowing what the future for MonoTouch is…. I am > currently writing an application, and getting close to the point where I want > to > deploy to an iDevice. > Questions going through my head are: > - Do I bite the bullet and purchase a MT license now so I can deploy before > they pull it from the store, but left with $$$ worth of unsupported software > (will it still be unsupported?)? > - Or should I wait (and delay!) x number of months to buy the shiny new > product? And how long will x be? > > > There are a lot of unknowns in what is going on in MT land… with all the > turmoil going on (e.g. Apples TOS banning and then allowing MT, > Attachmate) it makes me nervous to keep investing time and effort in > MT and related technologies (don’t get me wrong… I love the thing) > > > I would just like a clear roadmap with expected timelines from > Attachmate/Xamarin to help me make my decisions. > > > Thanks, Nick > > From: Marcio Alexandroni <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussions related to Mono for > Android <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 17:00:05 -0300 > To: Discussions related to Mono for Android ><[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [mono-android] Can not purchase > Monotouch Android on Novel Store > > > > > It looks > like Miguel and his guys are in a new company to create a new toolset for iOS > and Android, i.e., it seems they are not working anymore on MonoTouch and > Mono-Android. > > So the question remains, what will be the future of the > current tools, by Attachmante? > > I guess we will have to wait to see what > happens, or wait for the new Miguel's tools and buy them again. > > Marcio > Alexandroni > ( (+55 11) > 9989-8316 > > cialogica > -- > > > > > > From: Nikolai Sander <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussions > related to Mono for Android <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 16 May > 2011 12:55:13 -0700 > To: Discussions related to Mono for Android <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: > [mono-android] Can not purchase Monotouch Android on Novel > Store > > Yes! > > http://tirania.org/blog/ > > Nikolai > > On May 16, > 2011, at 12:53 PM, Brian Nelson wrote: > > > It's Monday... > > Any > news? > > Thanks, > Brian Nelson > Software Architect > Mobile > Epiphany > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Nic Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > > possibly, you wait until monday when Miguel > announces something. he's at Google IO, so I suspect he's busy (or hung > over.... hang on, thats SXSW ) > > > plitwin <https://twitter.com/#!/plitwin> > Paul Litwin > @migueldeicaza <http://twitter.com/migueldeicaza> When can we > expect to hear from you on the Attachmate debacle and how it affects > Mono, > MonoTouch, and MonoDroid? > 10 May <https://twitter.com/#!/plitwin/status/67734122096885760> > Favorite <https://twitter.com/#> Retweet <https://twitter.com/#> > Reply <https://twitter.com/#> > > migueldeicaza <https://twitter.com/#!/migueldeicaza> > Miguel de > Icaza > > @ > > @plitwin > <http://twitter.com/plitwin> Monday I will have a > full statement > 10 May <https://twitter.com/#!/migueldeicaza/status/67735755828641792> > <https://twitter.com/#> <https://twitter.com/#> > <https://twitter.com/#> > > plitwin <https://twitter.com/#!/plitwin> Paul Litwin > @ > @migueldeicaza <http://twitter.com/migueldeicaza> Today is > Monday! :) I presume you mean next Monday? > 10 May <https://twitter.com/#!/plitwin/status/6773 > 5895264075776> <https://twitter.com/#> <https://twitter.com/#> > <https://twitter.com/#> > in reply to ↑ ><https://twitter.com/#!/migueldeicaza> > > @migueldeicaza <https://twitter.com/#!/migueldeicaza> > Miguel de > Icaza > @plitwin <http://twitter.com/plitwin> > yes > > > > On Wed, May > 11, 2011 at 11:49, Eric Beser <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been trying to purchase the Monotouch > android, and I get as far as payment, and the error is “this option is > not > available for your area” and paypal is not working > either. > > > Has the store been effectively > closed? 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