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I don't see the financial incentive to develop for Windows RT and the Surface. The iPad is too dominant. Android tablets are munching on the periphery. I jus
by janisjanis 14y ago
I don't see the financial incentive to develop for Windows RT and the Surface. The iPad is too dominant. Android tablets are munching on the periphery. I just don't see the market acceptance of the Surface. It is not "better" than the iPad. It is a different vision and direction. But why would millions of users follow that vision when iOS and Android offer a compelling enough platform already?
- kooshball 14y agoAny app you write for Windows RT will also run on Windows 8, which will have millions of users.
- captaincrowbar 14y agoYeah, but why bother targeting RT when you can just continue to target plain old Windows? You still run on Windows 8 either way, but you gain Windows 7, Vista, and XP users in exchange for losing the RT tablet users. Unless RT tablets sell beyond anyone's wildest dreams, that's still going to be a net win for a good many years to come.
- babesh 14y agoIn house corporate development is going to one big driver. Microsoft leveraged Windows dominance into profitability serving enterprise: Office, Windows, Exchange, in-house .net development, etc... They want enterprise to migrate to Windows 8 and develop Metro apps instead of adopting iPads. Consumer adoption is just to prop up enterprise adoption. I would bet that Microsoft makes 2/3 or more of its money from enterprise. Microsoft is money/domination driven rather than focused on delivering value and improving things.