Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

New Microsoft Garage Site Invites Public To Test a Wide Range of App Ideas

Posted by samzenpus on from the give-it-a-spin dept.

An anonymous reader writes Microsoft today launched a new section on its website: The Microsoft Garage is designed to give the public early access to various projects the company is testing right now. The team is kicking off with a total of 16 free consumer-facing apps, spanning Android, Android Wear, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows, and even the Xbox One. Microsoft Garage is still going to be everything it has been so far, but Microsoft has simply decided it's time for the public to get involved too: You can now test the wild projects the company's employees dream up.

5 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. Unpaid labour? by innocent_white_lamb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Could someone tell me why we would want to do unpaid labour for Microsoft?

    I'm quite prepared to test and help support Linux and open source projects. Microsoft? Not so much....

    --
    If you're a zombie and you know it, bite your friend!
    1. Re:Unpaid labour? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Is your selective memory ignoring all the sendmail and bind exploits that did the rounds in the 80s and 90s?

  2. ex microsoft shill by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unless microsoft goes back to developing a better OS based off of win 2k or win xp - I'm more likely to tell MS to fuck off and just hope I can port all my games to Linux someday instead.

    Vista Sucked - Win 7 slowed searches and locks up if you have a bad cd - win 8 was just a - well failure isn't anything but kind - so no, not interested in Microsoft wank stuff.

    OS that works. That's what the focus should be. Unfortunately, Micrsoft jumped off the Star Trek movie Mantra after XP. Every other release sucked until after XP - then they all sucked.

    --
    _ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
  3. Is This Post a Paid Advertisement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The post appears to be a paid advertisement.

    Please confirm, Slashdot. Open up, come clean. Transparency is good for a news aggregation site.

  4. And in the fine print... by Torp · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... you indenture your first born to Microsoft in exchange for using their apps.
    Also, you are liable for patent fees.

    --
    I apologize for the lack of a signature.