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Microsoft Sets Tolls for .Net Developers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the firstborn-son-comes-later dept.

matsh writes: "Today Microsoft revealed the cost of signing up as a developer to .Net. Entry level is $1,000. Standard level $10,000. Custom support will cost even more."

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  1. Odd business model... by motherhead · · Score: 2, Flamebait


    Incentive \In*cen"tive\, a. [L. incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See Enchant, Chant.]

    1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action;
    stimulative.

    It would appear that Microsoft is not seeing the numbers they would like in Office XP sales. They have the audacity to host a media extravaganza including Madonna in New York to hoopla WinXP, despite recent events (they want to "show the world that America is still doing business"... that costs money... they are launching Xbox next month. That will cost money. the economy is bad, and people are keeping both hands on their wallets...

    I may be wrong here... but it looks to me like i am seeing a sick company...

    Desperation \Des`per*a"tion\, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.desperation.]
    1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
    of hope.

    2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
    hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

  2. Well, how much does Linux development cost? by Jagasian · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    How much does it cost to sign up as a Linux developer?

    *snicker*

  3. Re:I thought Microsoft had learned this lesson bef by BLAMM! · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    For starters, this is the ".NET My Services" service, it is NOT the .NET platform itself, nor is it an SDK. People are free to write .NET applications for NOTHING and all the SDK is online at msdn.microsoft.com

    This is the point I wanted to comment on. In the article Muglia says, "The applications are putting a load on us. These numbers are barely covering (our costs)...We're not making money with these numbers."

    It seems to me that if .NET is such a burden to support, perhaps they should have made it more intuitive, dev-freindly, and included better documentation. Instead they put out a crap product and expect the user to pay for the extra help they need to actually get anything out of it. Gee, where have we seen this before. Oh yeah, practically every app MS spews out. Except now it seems they're getting more confidant with the grip they have on our collective balls.

  4. Re:This is .NET My Services, not all of .NET by segmond · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    what is up with someone always saying YOU CAN CHOOSE TO USE IT OR NOT. Microsoft is shady, fuck you can use it or not, YOU WILL BE FORCED TO USE IT IF YOU LIKE OR NOT.

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