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HoosierDaddy Do you know why Hyper-V support is required? I can't think of any reason unless its so the app can be tested in a virtual phone. If so, that would seem like an advantage over an environment where you have to load an app into an actual phone over and over while getting the initial bugs out. Obviously requiring Hyper V would keep some developers away especially ones not sure if they want to get serious about Windows for phones but would improve the quality of apps and reduce the cost to develop an app that will have a lot of users.
I can see your point and agree that it is a barrier for first time developers, especially. So am curious just why MS has that requirement. Is it to support virtual phones for testing or is it just baggage that came along with the PC app development environment, or something else entirely?
Oh I wasn't complaining about hyper-V, just stating the requirement. I was complaining about the OS requirement, I'll edit that now