You won't need .NET Standard... except when you do need it Software You won't need .NET Standard... except when you do need it: Microsoft sets out latest in ever-changing story The arrival of .NET 5.0 brings yet another twist Wed 16 Sep 2020 // 12:05 UTC 1 Tim Anderson BIO EMAIL TWITTER SHARE Microsoft .NET program manager Immo Landwerth has set out the latest summary of how to write code that targets more than one version of the platform. The long-standing problem is that the multitude of different .NET runtimes and platforms causes problems for anyone writing code that targets more than one, such as developers wanting to share non-visual code, or creating libraries for wide use. The issue came to a head when Microsoft acquired Xamarin in 2016 , making official Xamarin's flavour of .NET (based on the open-source Mono implementation) and its support for iOS and Android. At the time, Silverlight and Windows Phone were also still a thing. How could developers shar