MS lays off senior .NET/Maui engineers - what does this mean for the future of .NET Maui? #29483
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https://x.com/migueldeicaza/status/1922409129567563855?t=niaTRg-0tDzr4MCQwyKigw
I would like some official information regarding this ASAP, please. A .NET Maui app we've had under development for two years is absolutely vital to our organisation. |
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Nothing to worry about, AI is going to fix it all. |
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I hope they will use Grok at least, Co-Pilot is best in 'for each' code blocks suggestions. |
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For us too. This is supper important for some of us. |
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Same for us! |
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I don't think its something you should worry about. Microsoft on Tuesday said that it’s laying off 3% of employees across all levels and geographies. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC. The company reported better-than-expected results and an upbeat quarterly forecast in late April. Microsoft had 228,000 employees at the end of June, meaning that the move will affect thousands of employees. It’s likely Microsoft’s largest round of layoffs since the elimination of 10,000 roles in 2023. In January the company announced a small round of layoffs that were performance-based. These new job cuts are not related to performance, the spokesperson said. One objective is to reduce layers of management, the spokesperson said. |
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That doesn't address laying off important leads. But we don't have enough information from a one-liner from Miguel. Let's see what Microsoft Build says... |
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Interestingly, Microsoft just updated the MAUI Product Support Lifecycle page on May 13. https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/maui |
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Looks like that was just updating the .NET 9 patch version and release date (compared to previous version of that page): |
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@mikkpaasuke Good point. |
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Curious to hear about this. |
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Satya Nadella is slowly destroying Microsoft. He made stupid decisions like killing many good projects like Windows Mobile, XNA, Silverlight, HoloLens. And now MAUI. 😔 |
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Get your facts straight please. :D |
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another reason to work with community based open source technologies |
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MAUI is open source and if you look at the PRs, it's quite community based as well. :) |
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It may simply be nothing. Also, I could see them assuming the role of only maintaining the OS and SDK compatibility. Concentrate on MAUI Blazor Hybrid to compete with React Native, and let other projects take over the non-web-based solutions now that MAUI is closing in on maturity. |
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Thanks, @davidortinau !! Always good to get a sanity check from you 🙂💯🎉 Recapping what David said: _Build is not our primary conference, it's .NET Conf which we just announced the dates for 2025, November 11-13. Hope to see you there! Our commitment to the longevity of .NET MAUI continues unchanged. I hope everyone has a chance to watch our Build breakout session AI infused mobile & desktop app development with .NET MAUI. While it's not a future of MAUI style presentation, I do highlight the wonderful product momentum we are seeing. During Build we also hosted 2 .NET MAUI Hybrid lab sessions led by Beth Massi and James Montemagno that were packed out. And Gerald Versluis showed off some great productivity work we have been doing in Visual Studio during a theater demo session. Coincidentally Satya also mentioned some of that in his Keynote. Compared to last Build this is way more .NET MAUI content, and in neither case was it a reflection of commitment to the product. Today we have more contributors to .NET MAUI than ever before, thanks in good part to the amazing partnership from Syncfusion and our consistent and wonderful community. Our product roadmap is up to date._ |
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I appreciate the follow-up information here and in the other linked issue. |
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