BUILD 2014 Live - WP8.1 Discussion Thread

[hermantj]

Sorry for the double post.
Since it's directed to developers, maybe we'll know more about the dev preview of wp8.1...

 

[WillysJeepMan]

I've been disappointed by Microsoft more times than I care to remember. Each conference promises hope for the future... which is of course the main goal. But they overwhelmingly fail to deliver, or deliver far short of what they promise. But this time around I actually think things might be a bit different.

Microsoft appeared to coordinate the timing of the release of OneNote for Mac, followed a week or two later by the release of Office for iPad, and now this week //build/ . The Apple-centric forums have been covering Microsoft for nearly the last month. That's well played by Microsoft, IMO.

With Office for iPad, Microsoft has drawn attention to their Office 365 subscription. Even people who are vehemently opposed to renting software had to take a second look at the cross-platform accessibility of Office via subscription and end up subscribing. I'm one of those people.

The big take-away from yesterday's keynote, IMO, was the universal apps. Microsoft has promised this type of cross-platform capabilities in the past, numerous times, and fallen short in the execution. But this time it seems actually possible. If so, Microsoft could leapfrog past Apple and allow developers to produce a tsunami of apps for WindowsPhone, Windows RT, and XBox, in addition to full Windows. I don't know if it will actually happen... many things need to fall into place first, but this possibility is quite interesting.

I'd like to dub the last 3 weeks for Microsoft, "The Empire Strikes Back". :evil:

 

[psgenious]

after all this we will talk about WP9 . LOL

 

[hopmedic]

And the keynote starts off with Azure. Developer-centric, as I said.

 

[BIGPADDY]

And the keynote starts off with Azure. Developer-centric, as I said.

​Looking good

 

[psgenious]

today's build seems boring than yesterday's .

 

[hopmedic]

I really need to take some time and learn Azure...

 

[SlingLaker9811]

Any WP coverage going on in the stream?

 

[BIGPADDY]

Any WP coverage going on in the stream?

Nope there discussing Microsoft Azure amazing stuff

 

[hopmedic]

today's build seems boring than yesterday's .

It's a developer conference.

 

[bsayegh]

I really need to take some time and learn Azure...

Im certified in Azure and I still don't know a thing about it=(

 

[Oliverspin]

Does anyone know when the conference will get back to WP?

 

[BIGPADDY]

Im certified in Azure and I still don't know a thing about it=(

​You should do.

 

[hopmedic]

​You should do.

Yeah.... There's so much I want to learn that the ADD keeps me going "Oh, Shiny!"

 

[BIGPADDY]

Yeah.... There's so much I want to learn that the ADD keeps me going "Oh, Shiny!"

They mention the Azure stuff that I was interested in I think I will do other stuff but still watch.

 

[BIGPADDY]

Well I doubt there will be a SONY device announced, I think they will do a quiet announcement‏ later this month.

 

[BIGPADDY]

Now there talking about SQL I don't like it and I'm not interested in SQL.

 

[hopmedic]

I am. :smile:

 

[pdelvo]

I really need to take some time and learn Azure...

If they anounce that they dont require you to have a credit card I will have a look at it too. Very interesting

 

[bsayegh]

You can always do the Virtual Labs. They are really helpful, especially if you don't want to give MS your credit card just to try Azure.