>Fair point. MS does seem to offer a lot of support to cell phone developers but I don't know any specific facts about John.
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>Mike, I'd really like to know what you mean by support.
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>Yes, there are MVP program benefits and perks, everyone knows that, that's nothing new - in recognition of what the MVPs do to support the MS product line. But I'd really like to know what you mean.

I didn't mean MVP, I meant the support they offer to Windows Phone developers. My impression (from afar) is that they offer quite a lot of it as part of their effort to chip away at Apple and Google. Here is one link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402535%28v=vs.92%29.aspx