[alex4Zero]

I think Microsoft will end-of-life Xamarin Studio and will convert it to Visual Studio brand with just support of OSX and Linux

[Kipters]

I wouldn't bet my money on a Linux release

[B1FF_PSUVM]

You should, Microsoft will probably release an MS Linux distro soon. (Besides the Debian or whatever they now have for Azure users, I mean.)

MS is going all Oracle-y on us, withdrawing from the consumer market as fast as they can, and heading for the green pastures of the corporate market, where fat happy companies are there to be milked. They are sick and tired of fighting for consumer money one penny at a time.

(XBox is probably not long for this world either.)

[int_19h]

.NET Core is for running apps on Linux. For a large chunk of the server market, that is plainly a requirement these days.

But most people writing the apps which then run on Linux, develop them on Macs (and the point of WSL is to give them a reason to consider Windows for this).

[douche]

You'd probably be better off going with JetBrains' Project Rider on Linux, if you were just doing general .NET work than waiting.

[Arcaire]

Really? They seem to be opening up quite a bit more with regards to Linux (.NET Core, WSL, etc).

[ickler8]

Thats what this move is. VS for Mac is a rebranded Xamarin Studio.