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Microsoft reportedly paying developers up to $100,000 to write for Windows Phone

According to multiple reports, Microsoft is offering money up front to certain developers for them to write Windows Phone 8 apps.

While the company currently offers anyone who develops up to $2000 ($100 per app), big name developers can make up to $100,000.



Of course, paying to bring popular apps over to the fledgling operating system makes perfect sense, given how far behind they are behind Android and iOS.

For the operating system, Microsoft has had extraordinarily deep pockets. The company pays struggling phone maker up to $1 billion per year to exclusively build Lumia Windows Phone devices.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 15 Jun 2013 18:25

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• 6 comments

• xnonsuchx

  Standard Microsoft tactics

  15.6.2013 19:48 #1

• Morreale

  Originally posted by xnonsuchx: Standard Microsoft tactics Haven't noticed them working either.
  

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  15.6.2013 20:19 #2

• DarthMopar

  Sounds like the US Gov...throw money at problems and hope they go away.
  

  16.6.2013 13:21 #3

• lamain

  It did work for the first Xbox. Though it seems like they are doing there best to throw all that away with the Xbox one.

  16.6.2013 13:51 #4

• robertmro

  I'm going to change my job!

  20.6.2013 08:55 #5

• voyager

  what's wrong with that?

  20.6.2013 15:20 #6