That doesn&#x27;t sound like the relationship Miguel and Nat have cultivated with .net or MS, and they could have continued on saying &quot;No.&quot; Xamarin didn&#x27;t NEED MS beyond what it already provides openly, everywhere (.net market support both technically + marketing)<p>I&#x27;d almost be surprised if there were previous formal offers as I&#x27;m pretty sure the discussions between Miguel and various MS folks, especially Scott Gu, were frank, open, and mostly trusting. You don&#x27;t throw out formal offers if you have Xamarin openly talking through why they don&#x27;t feel the time is right.<p>My take is Miguel and Nat have always been &quot;do right by the technology first.&quot; They danced the line with mono and old MS. They then made a compelling step towards where MS would head a few years prior to MS being able to start showing progress in that direction.