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Microsoft Windows 8 BUILD Conference 2011 |OT| 9/13-9/16

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MThanded

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why doesnt the font scale in that calendar app... you couldnt see the event names in most of the views.
 
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JaggedSac

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Totakeke said:
Here's my source.

Paul Thurrott: Biggest point of Windows Store: Microsoft is NOT taking a 30 percent cut. It will take a ZERO percent cut.

But of course it could be different for games? Maybe? No?
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Holy crap balls.
 
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ZombieFred

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Fuck me, Microsoft's hitting all the right notes for a unified Microsoft echo-system, from their phone, XBOX, to PC. They really are doing something amazing here.
 
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Vanillalite

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I don't get why MS would go 0. I get wanting to get apps up and running asap and well free would help that. Seems like from a business standpoint economically speaking though that is millions if not billions of money left on the table.
 
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Blackhead

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A growl like (ie toast) notification system incoming?


Totakeke said:


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<3 <3
 
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wwm0nkey

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Brettison said:
Yeah if it's 0 royalties Valve just got omgwtfbbqowned. Hell no reason for Origin either. I wonder how patches would work though.
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Yeah pretty much. That would be extremely crazy to see Microsoft just beat Valve and EA in one move.
 
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HarryDemeanor

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Totakeke said:
Here's my source.



But of course it could be different for games? Maybe? No?
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I think whatever their approach is to what they're doing on the marketplace for Windows Phone 7 is something they're carrying to the marketplace on Windows 8.

Are they taking a cut from games on the WP7 marketplace?
 
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Jadedx

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ivedoneyourmom said:
Has MS announced that Win 8 is going get SUSv3 certification? If not, don't you think it is about time?
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Why would they even wan't susv3 cert? They are not based on unix, at all.
 
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kehs

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Brettison said:
I don't get why MS would go 0. I get wanting to get apps up and running asap and well free would help that. Seems like from a business standpoint economically speaking though that is millions if not billions of money left on the table.
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They're gonna be late, and they're gonna get their monies from OS licenses.
 
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JaskoX1

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ZombieFred said:
Fuck me, Microsoft's hitting all the right notes for a unified Microsoft echo-system, from their phone, XBOX, to PC. They really are doing something amazing here.
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Can't tell if you're being serious or not but this is decent trolling.
 
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artist

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Brettison said:
I don't get why MS would go 0. I get wanting to get apps up and running asap and well free would help that. Seems like from a business standpoint economically speaking though that is millions if not billions of money left on the table.
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It'll help them leapfrog iOS's app count very quickly.
 
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angelfly

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Brettison said:
I don't get why MS would go 0. I get wanting to get apps up and running asap and well free would help that. Seems like from a business standpoint economically speaking though that is millions if not billions of money left on the table.
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They want people to use it over other services so it seems like a smart move. Money left on the table maybe but it'll also guarantee it starts out with tons of people using it rather than waiting until it picks up.
 
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Tuck

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Slight nitpick... on the keyboard, its a nice neat rectangle except for the a which is indented slightly....

Also, Windows Live is really Ugly, aesthetically speaking.
 
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MThanded

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
As a security researcher I can't wait to see what people expose on this. Feature creep leads to inevitable security holes.

Especially since this is the biggest leap Microsoft has made OS wise in a while.
 
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JaggedSac

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HarryDemeanor said:
I think whatever their approach is to what they're doing on the marketplace for Windows Phone 7 is something they're carrying to the marketplace on Windows 8.

Are they taking a cut from games on the WP7 marketplace?
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They get royalties on all paid apps in the WP7 marketplace.
 
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clav

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Hotmail and possibly Live services are getting a makeover in October. Looks archaic.

Another conference will be held then.
 
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Vanillalite

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Copernicus said:
They're gonna be late, and they're gonna get their monies from OS licenses.
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In a tablet mindset yes, but they won't even be close to late in terms of a desktop OS. It's this odd mash that fucks with my mind.

Not like everyone doesn't already support Windows as a desktop OS.

Plus who's gonna host the apps + push the updates? MS? That space + bandwidth isn't free. To make it up on the OS price wouldn't last long.
 
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artist

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lol, taking shots at LogMeIn, Teamviewer and other similar services as well.

Man, they're going to make so many apps, programs, services obsolete.
 
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alphaNoid

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wwm0nkey said:
Jesus christ dude this is the best press conference ever
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Doesn't it feel like someone is talking nonstop unloading feature after feature? When someone gets tired, BOOM new speaker to go nonstop lol
 
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