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They are trying to get some momentum and solve chicken-and-egg. Consider this a marketing effort.

• lutusp 14y ago
  > They are trying to get some momentum and solve chicken-and-egg. Perhaps. I think they're trying to overcome the platform's innate disadvantages. Reasonable people may differ. > Consider this a marketing effort. When someone tries to pay me to use their product, all my alarm bells go off at once. :)
  • xentronium 14y ago
    > When someone tries to pay me to use their product, all my alarm bells go off at once. :) I believe it's widespread enough practice to hand out devices to developers willing to make applications for new platform. $75k free grants, well, not so often, but if they can afford it and it helps them to catch up with other ecosystems faster, why not.