http://disqus.com/by/reginaldjacobs/enWed, 19 Aug 2009 19:24:35 -0000http://volkersthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/03/microsoft-app-store-better-than-apple.html#comment-15101133<p>Microsoft charges $99 per each app submission and $99 per each re-submission after it fails certification. Apple charges ZERO for submission and re-submission. Microsoft has therefore already lost. They can't pull developers away from Apple! Plus, Microsoft requires you to buy Visual Studio PROFESSIONAL to develop for this thing, whereas Apple's XCode development environment is free. And then on top of this (just like Apple) they charge developers a $99 fee per year to be a developer. With Apple, your cost is the cost of a MAC (assuming you don't have one) and $99 per year, and that's it. With Microsoft it is the cost of a PC (assuming you don't have one) plus like $1500 or $3000 or whatever Visual Studio PROFESSIONAL costs, plus $99 a year, plus $99 for each app you submit, plus $99 for each time an app fails to meet their certification criteria and you have to resubmit. They are big loser here. How can you even suggest they have a chance at all? They will only attract developers who currently develop for Windows Mobile, no new blood, and thus their product will die. It is inevitable.</p>reginaldjacobsWed, 19 Aug 2009 19:24:35 -0000