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Microsoft bans open source from Windows Marketplace??
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>>>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/17/microsoft_bans_opensource_windows_phone/
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>>>>>So now Microsoft (who's recently claimed to be a friend of open source) has banned open source from it's windows phone 7 marketplace.
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>>>>>Are they just TRYING to loose ground in the mobile phone market or what? I think this is another HUGE mistake.
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>>>>I heard about this back when Windows phone 7 started - also the "no more than 3 free apps in the marketplace" rule and more...
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>>>What? You mean if you're a developer you can't upload more than three freeware apps to the marketplace?
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>>We had a user group meeting here that Brian Hitney spoke at that I didn't get to attend and it was on Windows Phone 7. According to some of the developers I work with, the information he put out included that restriction. I can't verify it, but they all came back with that same information.
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>Well that seems ridiculous - why would you want to limit the number of apps for this OS? Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! How do they expect to get anyone willing to write software for this platform with stupid restrictions like these?

Only the number free apps you can submit is limited was my understanding...
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