Just because MapGuide Maestro is a windows-only .net application does not mean the Maestro API driving it (and your own custom MapGuide applications using the Maestro API) need to bear the same platform constraint.
We have .net Core to run .net code cross-platform. We have .net standard as a specification for building truly cross-platform .net class libraries. The API surface used by the MaestroAPI highly intersects with what is provided by .net standard. All the signs say that we have the means to make MaestroAPI a truly cross-platform .net standard compatible class library, and that we should probably do it.
So since the last release, my main focus has been to port the Maestro API to target .net standard 2.0, thus expanding its potential reach beyond full .net Framework on windows.
It is most encouraging to see this on a Linux terminal after all this effort.
The tale of getting to this point is worthy of a blog post itself. The internet could do with more .net standard porting stories.
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