I need to look up the matrix that shows the differences between express/professional/enterprise again, but I'm fairly sure Xcode is not equivalent to Express.
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:08 PM, David Kean <[email protected]> wrote: > Just as a side note, Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone and Visual > Studio Express Beta for Windows 8 are free. :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of mike smith > Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:03 PM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: Windows 8 Consumer preview > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:35 PM, David Burela <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Windows 8 consumer preview was released today. You can download it >> from here. >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download >> There is a lot of buzz on twitter about it today (mostly critiquing >> the new start menu UI). >> >> Thoughts? >> Me, I'm excited to start getting in there and playing with WinRT >> development. Hopefully now we'll start seeing more frameworks on NuGet >> like Caliburn.Micro. >> And I'm looking forward to the app marketplace. It will finally be >> worthwhile creating desktop applications. > > Looked at the Apple and Android app markets? And the prices? And the > comments if you dare pitch your price over $20? Admittedly, they are > (mostly) for phone and pads, but even OSX products on there are cheap. > (for instance, the Mac equivalent of Visual Studio, Xcode is $5. > (however there's a license fee if you want to sell on Apples marketplace, > $99) - is Microsoft going to match this any time soon??) > > What are the rules for publishing on MS App store? I'm not really impressed > by Apple's. > > -- > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll > get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
