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-# .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI)
+# Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI)
 
-Maui is the planned future home of [Xamarin.Forms](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin.forms) to align with the release of .NET 6.
+Maui is:
 
-## Status
+* Multi-platform native UI
+* Deploy to multiple devices across mobile & desktop
+* Using a single project, single codebase
+* Evolution of [Xamarin.Forms](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin.forms)
+* Targeting .NET 6, previews end of year
 
-Active development is happening today in Xamarin.Forms and preview releases will initially be made from xamarin/xamarin.forms. 
+## Status: Planning and Development
+
+While [Xamarin.Forms](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin.forms) continues to be actively developed to meet customer needs today, we are [proposing evolutionary changes](../../issues) during this planning phase based on some early customer interviews of what would be most beneficial.
+
+Active development is happening today to build Android and iOS SDKs against the next version of .NET. [Samples may be found here](https://github.com/xamarin/net5-samples).
+
+### Goals
+
+* Improve app performance
+* Improve simplicity of control extensibility
+* Improve simplicity of contributing
+* Enable developer options to use Model-View-Update (MVU) and Blazor
+
+### Roadmap
+
+.NET Maui and mobile SDK support will ship in concert with .NET 6. At present we do not have a shipping schedule for .NET 6.
+
+### Milestones
+
+* Maui previews Q4 2020 through Q3 2021
+  * [Renderer architecture revisions](tbd)
+  * [Source solution and project simplification](tbd)
+  * [Completete approved proposals]()
+  * [Implement MVU]()
+* Maui release candidate September 2021
+* Maui general availability November 2021
+
+
+## Source Code
+
+This is an evolution of [Xamarin.Forms](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin.forms). Preview releases of Maui will initially be made from [xamarin/xamarin.forms](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin.forms). As we slow development in Xamarin.Forms and near the transition to Maui, code will be moved to this repository.
+
+## Xamarin.Forms vs Maui
+
+
+|  |Xamarin.Forms  |Maui  |
+|---------|---------|---------|
+|**Platforms**     |         |         |
+|Android     |API 19+        |API 21+        |
+|iOS     |9-13         |10+         |
+|Linux     |Community         |Community         |
+|macOS     |Community         |Microsoft         |
+|Tizen     |Samsung           |Samsung           |
+|Windows     |UWP Microsoft<br/>WPF Community         |WinUI 3 Microsoft<br/>WPF Community         |
+|**Features**     |         |         |
+|Renderers     |Tightly coupled to BindableObject         |Loosely coupled, no Core dependencies         |
+|App Models     |MVVM, RxUI         |MVVM, RxUI, MVU, Blazor         |
+|Single Project     |No         |Yes         |
+|Multi-targeting     |No         |Yes         |
+|Multi-window     |No         |Yes         |
+|**Misc**     |         |         |
+|.NET     |Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Mono, .NET Framework, ...         |.NET 6+         |
+|Acquisition |NuGet & Visual Studio Installer |dotnet |
+|Project System     |Franken-proj         |SDK Style         |
+|dotnet CLI     |No         |Yes         |
+|**Tools**     |         |         |
+|Visual Studio 2019     |Yes         |Yes         |
+|Visual Studio 2019 for Mac     |Yes         |Yes         |
+|Visual Studio Code     |No         |Yes         |
 
 ## How to Engage, Contribute, and Give Feedback
 
 Some of the best ways to contribute are to try things out, file issues, join in design conversations,
-and make pull-requests. Proposals for changes specific to Maui can be found [here for discussion](./issues).
+and make pull-requests. Proposals for changes specific to Maui can be found [here for discussion](../../issues).
 
 ## Code of conduct