Microsoft Rewarding Employees Who Phone It In

theodp writes "For developers who are all about the Benjamins, Microsoft has come up with an intriguing alternative to Google's vaunted 20% time. To boost the number of Windows Phone 7 apps, Microsoft has relaxed a strict rule and will let employees moonlight and keep the resulting intellectual property and 70% of the revenue, as long as that second job is writing apps for WP7-based devices. The rule change offers an option for employees who don't want to leave for the insecurity of a start-up, but still want a shot at recognition and rewards for their own ideas."

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30% of the revenue !! That's microsoft for you !!!

[unity100]

Only microsoft and the like could think of getting 30% off of what you do in your spare time. I mean .... normally rational people would think that what someone does in their SPARE time, belongs to them alone. But it turns out, microsoft has 30% stake in that too ...