> Will Monotouch exists in a year (or two)? No idea. I'd say yes, but who knows? It's all about risk management.
> What if Xamarin/Monotouch bankrupts and stops realeasing new versions? Will > our projects die? No, not immediately. They will still work for as long as they work... you might not be able to release a new version in some situations tho. > Does Monotouch go hand in hand with Xcode? I guess that a Monotouch release > for iOS5 will not work with an Xcode release for iOS6? Not really. Xcode goes hand in hand with some iOS versions, but only in that Apple will only accept apps which are built with the latest API version. > Should we be concerned? > I'm not. But you might be. I'm not betting my business on it. But if I was in the position to, I most likely would. > I see a very buggy MonoDevelop - often I can't click buttons, set > breakpoints etc. Bugs that should have been fixed long time ago/right away. I hope you have reported all of those....? MonoDevelop is a weak point, however it's a LOT better than it was, and getting better and better with each release. > Help file is crashing ... documentation is extremely limited. It makes me > worry about the effort put into MonoDevelop/touch. How many is working on > MonoDevelop/Touch? I'm not sure - Miguel would be able to answer that. However, they are also only 6 months or so old. They have released a MASSIVE block of docs (http://docs.xamarin.com/ios), and from what I know have 4 or 5 people just writing docs (not sure if that MT and MfA, or just MT). I'd expect them to have a lot more dev's than that. In fact, I can think of 8 off the top of my head who post on here, and from time to time, someone says "oh, you need to get X to do that", and I've not heard of X before (or again....) so I suspect there are a load more "in the background". And then there is support (2 or 3) and..... It's not an especially small company, and I think it's rather bigger than it appears too. Plus, from what Nat has said, they were profitable from when they started selling MT/MfA..... > I really do hope MonoDevelop will exists for a long time (as long as Apple > doesn't do anything stupid) and a lotta effort will be put into it. > I'm not worried. Worst case, I now know the apple api's really well, and I have a massive start in Obj-C. Best case: I can write a full iOS app in 20% of the time, and then port the backend (not the UI) to Android and WP7 in a morning. As Jason pointed out (I think!), I'm not at all worried about Xamarin screwing up and blowing up - Nat, Miguel and Joseph have proven they have a clue. Now, Apple screwing over all tool vendors, including Xamarin? Unlikely now (they have done it once already, and are unlikely to go back on it), but more possible. -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. http://goo.gl/Vcz1p mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2 _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
