* Xamarin and polish the debugging, VS integration and Mono in general (maybe replace a lot of it with MS' .NET implementation? I can dream)
* MvvmCross and polish it and put it into the .NET BCL
* JetBrains (or just ReSharper) and give it a once over (performance- and code analysis-wise) and ship it with VS.
* Maybe Digia for Qt to replace MFC (this one's kind of selfish since Qt is used in places Microsoft probably doesn't care for - maybe they could sponsor the Windows side).
> Cheaper than innovating weak product.
Aside from MFC I think Microsoft has fairly solid solutions to a lot of problems (Azure, Active Directory, Exchange Server, Visual Studio, Office, .NET).
Agreed. I wish they would would buy Xamarin and make it easy to build C# MVC applications and deploy on Linux/BSD. Give me that with entity framework to MySQL/Postgresql and I am sold. Will convert over to using it for everything. Add in ReSharper and it has the potential to be the most productive environment on any platform.
When they can afford to do something to preserve something important it can be lasting. Look at the PDX Trailblazers, the EMP Museum in Seattle, South Lake Union development. Hackers making huge profits should know when to take and add value. Me personally I'm not worried about FB making money. But u r dead right about the bling. I just expect more from them.
Great point about asking pricing questions to customers:
They’re going to lowball you. Also, they have no idea. Instead, infer what they’d pay based on what they’re already paying for. Or try to get them to put a dollar amount on the value it would add to their life (could they make an additional $5k/year with their new job? $20k/year? Now you have something to base your price off of.
Having been on both sides - I couldn't agree more.
Moz is one of many companies in Seattle making some noise while doing it with the transparency; we don't traditionally see in startups. Rand is a heck of a thought leader on Inbound/SEO/Speaking and they are poised to do some big things. Thanks for staying.
I can't imagine being able to walk up to the engineer who built the part and being able to ask them questions directly. No 4 day waiting period between ordering parts. Great piece guys!
