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In terms of Microsoft's external efforts to spur on WP7 development, I haven't been as impressed. Maybe it's just that I'm bitter about sitting through an eveni
by drewda 16y ago
In terms of Microsoft's external efforts to spur on WP7 development, I haven't been as impressed. Maybe it's just that I'm bitter about sitting through an evening's worth of presentations with a room full of iPhone developers at MS's Mountain View campus and not being offered a free developer phone at the end ;-) But seriously, Google has done a lot of developer outreach to try to catch up with Apple, yet I don't see MS doing much other than expecting us developers upgrade to the latest Windows, buy ourselves a copy of Visual Studio, find and purchase a WP7 handset, etc., etc.
- BrandonWatson 16y agoI run developer mktg for phone. Sad to hear you think we aren't doing a good job. Handing out phones to everyone is a bad ROI. Are you building apps? If yes, we have phones for people commited to building on the WP7 platform. Send me an email at brwatson at Microsoft and we'll get you sorted. Oh, and our tools for WP7 are free.
- bignoggins 16y agoIf you're serious I'll take you up on that. Sent you an email.
- bignoggins 16y agoThanks for the e-mail reply Brandon. Looks like MS really is serious about getting other devs on board!
- steverb 16y agoI suspect you may come to regret posting that.
- BrandonWatson 16y agoWhy?
- drewda 16y agoOh, I should specify. The developer outreach folks at MS, like Ben Riga and Bruno Terkaly, have been very helpful at answering my questions. My disappointment is more with the overall rollout to developers, or a lack of one that I've seen around the Bay Area. As a point of reference, I can barely stand the Android developer tools, but I've appreciated how regularly over the past ~2 years Google has invited me and my colleagues to training events, kept us stocked with the latest developer handsets, and so on. O.K., I guess I forgot about the free version of Visual Studio Express.