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The cynical developer inside me thought, "Windows 8 has so little traction among Windows developers, Redmond is trying to attract Apple developers out of desper

The cynical developer inside me thought, "Windows 8 has so little traction among Windows developers, Redmond is trying to attract Apple developers out of desperation."

jpxxx 14y ago
Ya, but look at it from a pragmatic business perspective, and this is Microsoft doing exactly what they should to court the prodigal developer: set up a zero hassle Windows environment on your favorite platform for cheap.
- rbanffy 14y ago
  A US$25 sold-out USB stick is more friction than a download.
  - jpxxx 14y ago
    Haha, true. But it's a whole lot better than "Buy shitty VM product, then source a retail/whitebox copy of Windows, then Install and Patch, Install and Patch, and set up Dev tools for about $400."
    - rbanffy 14y ago
      Did it come with development tools?
      - jpxxx 14y ago
        Hrm, they label it as "iOS and UX to Windows porting labs". So in a sense.