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[greenhatman]

There are many companies built on a .NET stack. They will all have a terrible time if Microsoft vanishes. Most will probably vanish with Microsoft.

[ripdog → greenhatman]

With any sense, those companies would band together and invest in expanding .NET core into doing what they need.

[aanm1988 → ripdog]

These companies have no interest in getting into that business. That's why they pay microsoft large sums of money to do it for them.

[ripdog → aanm1988]

Yeah, but we're talking about a doomsday scenario when Microsoft disappears overnight. They'd rather invest in a new .NET than have to rewrite their entire stack.

[Apocryphon → aanm1988]

Depends on if Xamarin emerges from the ashes or if they disappear along with the rest of Microsoft.