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Developers: MS Hopes To Lure iOS Apps With API Mapping Tool

Posted by timothy on from the hey-fellas-psssst-over-here dept.

Microsoft isn't standing idly by while Appple's app store fills with software; fysdt writes "A newly-announced service called the iOS to Windows Phone 7 API mapping tool acts as an interchange for developers to take applications they've already written for Apple's platform, and figure out ways to get the code work with Microsoft's standards."

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  1. The first step to meeting Microsoft's standards... by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is lowering your own.

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  2. "And figure out ways to get the code to work" by The+O+Rly+Factor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like Microsoft development in a nutshell.

  3. Re:Biggest problem with iOS development by Karlt1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that you have to (AFAIK) buy a Mac to develop for it. I can't really fault Apple on this as it's a great business strategy, but I simply can't be bothered so I'll only make apps for Android, which doesn't require me to buy hardware.

    All you have to buy is a dozen different phones to make sure your app is compatible and then enjoy on average 5% of the sales of the Apple app store....

  4. mnemonic by Gary+W.+Longsine · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's easier to remember this stuff, when you recall that what actually happened was that NeXT acquired Apple for a negative four hundred million dollars ($US -400 million).

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