Microsoft has made some interesting announcements regarding their next version   
   of Visual Studio (2015).  Microsoft has announced that they will allow Apple   
   iPhone/iPad apps and Android apps to be built for Windows:   
   http://tcrn.ch/1JaMkXR   
      
   It sounds like Visual Studio 2015 will also allow developers to create apps for   
   iPhone/iPad and Android apps using C#:   
   http://bit.ly/1IpFK1w   
      
   This is interesting news.  It's pretty cool, but I wonder if Microsoft will end   
   up shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.  IBM did something similar in   
   the 90s by allowing OS/2 to run Windows 3.1 apps.  Many software developers   
   decided to just create Windows apps, since Windows was more popular.   
      
   Microsoft seems to be getting more and more cross-platform with their   
   development tools.  I've also heard that Microsoft is bringing Visual Studio to   
   Linux and Mac:   
   http://mashable.com/2015/04/29/visual-studio-code/   
      
   Eric   
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