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BANGALORE, INDIA: We have created the best developers' opportunity. Ever. Thus, Microsoft corporate vice-president for Windows Development, Jon DeVaan, who is currently in Bangalore for what's touted to be the largest developer event in India, summed up his inaugural address on Friday.
DeVaan's prime logic behind the upbeat statement is that the 18-hour coding event, Microsoft Windows AppFest, has got overwhelming response from about 3,500 developers from across the globe and aspires to enter The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest app development marathon.
The AppFest, he said, would offer the best value proposition for developers and engineers. "You (developers) keep 70 per cent of the first $25,000 (the app generates) and 80 per cent of the rest," DeVaan egged them on.
Windows 8 platform is created to suit broadest of devices, assuring a fluid user experience, and has been downloaded 16 million times already from different parts of the world, said the CVP. "It is designed to address the (needs of the) changing world. In near future, "over 60 per cent of PCs sold will be laptops and touch (screen device) is another big change (the world is undergoing)," reckoned DeVaan.
As for the apps built on the platform, he cited the examples of ICICI Direct - an application for stock market information - online music library Flyte, which has a vast collection of over 2 million songs, and the famous travel portal MakeMyTrip
On the occasion, Amrish Goyal, director of Windows Business Group, Microsoft India, said that these apps would not be just India-centric, but for about 200 countries and 70 languages. At the fest, there is a token fee that the developers have to pay, which would differ based on whether they are individuals or those representing organizations as well as on the category they enrol into.
DeVaan's prime logic behind the upbeat statement is that the 18-hour coding event, Microsoft Windows AppFest, has got overwhelming response from about 3,500 developers from across the globe and aspires to enter The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest app development marathon.The AppFest, he said, would offer the best value proposition for developers and engineers. "You (developers) keep 70 per cent of the first $25,000 (the app generates) and 80 per cent of the rest," DeVaan egged them on.
Windows 8 platform is created to suit broadest of devices, assuring a fluid user experience, and has been downloaded 16 million times already from different parts of the world, said the CVP. "It is designed to address the (needs of the) changing world. In near future, "over 60 per cent of PCs sold will be laptops and touch (screen device) is another big change (the world is undergoing)," reckoned DeVaan.
As for the apps built on the platform, he cited the examples of ICICI Direct - an application for stock market information - online music library Flyte, which has a vast collection of over 2 million songs, and the famous travel portal MakeMyTrip
On the occasion, Amrish Goyal, director of Windows Business Group, Microsoft India, said that these apps would not be just India-centric, but for about 200 countries and 70 languages. At the fest, there is a token fee that the developers have to pay, which would differ based on whether they are individuals or those representing organizations as well as on the category they enrol into.
If Windows 7 users would like an upgrade to Windows 8, Microsoft India chairman Bhaskar Pramanik said that they need to shell out Rs.. 699. In response to a query on how device-agnostic the newer OS, to be launched October 26 worldwide, would be, Pramanik said that it would work well on all their devices.
Goyal said that all infrastructure, development, applications and tools for Windows 7 would work just fine for Windows 8 as well. "We have a strong focus on commercial and enterprise sections, and would have apps in the new interface for enterprises," he explained.
A spokesperson, however, clarified later that Windows 8 would have to be modified a bit to suit the smaller mobile screen dimension constraints, although the code logic remained the same.
Goyal said that all infrastructure, development, applications and tools for Windows 7 would work just fine for Windows 8 as well. "We have a strong focus on commercial and enterprise sections, and would have apps in the new interface for enterprises," he explained.
A spokesperson, however, clarified later that Windows 8 would have to be modified a bit to suit the smaller mobile screen dimension constraints, although the code logic remained the same.
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