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Satya wants to woo windows developers by letting them write one code base that runs on multiple platforms. Ballmers prefers Windows phones that run Android App

by kayman 11y ago

Satya wants to woo windows developers by letting them write one code base that runs on multiple platforms. Ballmers prefers Windows phones that run Android Apps. I wonder which is a better strategy.

Joof 11y ago
I'm assuming that Satya's strategy is targeting Microsoft platforms only. Satya's strategy encourages platform lock-in (which is good for Microsoft), but at this point Microsoft needs to encourage consumers to buy the thing to make it worth developing for; even if it's just a different front-end. Ballmers strategy trades the lock-in for something that solves the chicken and egg problem and removes a huge advantage that android has over windows phone.
- dewiz 11y ago
  It is kind of the opposite. If MS lost the mobile it's due to Ballers's thinking. Satan's strategy to port the desktop apps to mobile makes more sense to keep developers on VS and other MS products.
  - nacs 11y ago
    > Satan's strategy to port the desktop apps I'm assuming that's some kind of auto-correct fail and you meant "Satya"..
    - dewiz 11y ago
      Absolutely, eh . Sorry about that. Satya's work has been great so far, the continuous flow of news about open source and cross platform support is what many were hoping for.
dgregd 11y ago
Both have serious problems. 1. Many Android apps depend on proprietary Google Play Services. So app customization is needed anyway. 2. Do ordinary people really need unified apps for PCs and mobile? Currently an easiest way to develop multi platform apps is to create a native mobile app and UI for power users in web browser. There is no need to build a running tracking app as a desktop native app. Recently notification center was removed from Chrome. To my surprise it turned out that nobody was using it. Well, I also wasn't using it because my (Android|iPhone) is always with me.

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Satya wants to woo windows developers by letting them write one code base that runs on multiple platforms. Ballmers prefers Windows phones that run Android App

by kayman 11y ago

Satya wants to woo windows developers by letting them write one code base that runs on multiple platforms. Ballmers prefers Windows phones that run Android Apps. I wonder which is a better strategy.

Joof 11y ago
I'm assuming that Satya's strategy is targeting Microsoft platforms only. Satya's strategy encourages platform lock-in (which is good for Microsoft), but at this point Microsoft needs to encourage consumers to buy the thing to make it worth developing for; even if it's just a different front-end. Ballmers strategy trades the lock-in for something that solves the chicken and egg problem and removes a huge advantage that android has over windows phone.
- dewiz 11y ago
  It is kind of the opposite. If MS lost the mobile it's due to Ballers's thinking. Satan's strategy to port the desktop apps to mobile makes more sense to keep developers on VS and other MS products.
  - nacs 11y ago
    > Satan's strategy to port the desktop apps I'm assuming that's some kind of auto-correct fail and you meant "Satya"..
    - dewiz 11y ago
      Absolutely, eh . Sorry about that. Satya's work has been great so far, the continuous flow of news about open source and cross platform support is what many were hoping for.
dgregd 11y ago
Both have serious problems. 1. Many Android apps depend on proprietary Google Play Services. So app customization is needed anyway. 2. Do ordinary people really need unified apps for PCs and mobile? Currently an easiest way to develop multi platform apps is to create a native mobile app and UI for power users in web browser. There is no need to build a running tracking app as a desktop native app. Recently notification center was removed from Chrome. To my surprise it turned out that nobody was using it. Well, I also wasn't using it because my (Android|iPhone) is always with me.