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I'm getting rich!!!
Ok, not really, but it's more than I expected. I first released Chess Tactics[^](<-shameless plug) on 4/22, so it's only been out for 12 days. It's free, and I've had a lot more downloads than I expected ~900 through 4/27 (MS Downloads reporting runs days late). I'm using Microsoft's ad control, and so far that has brought in about $12.
While that averages out to $1/day, I doubt I will see >$300 annually. The first few days saw a pretty larger numbers of downloads, and larger numbers of ad impressions (and higher payment per impression, but I think that's just luck). The last two days for which I have a full days number have earned less than $.50.
I'm not discouraged at all though. I'm putting an update out soon to improve the UI, and to fix a bug in the ad control that crashes the app at a time the user would never notice (if you launch the app, then close it before the ad control receives it's first ad).
I've also started on another project that expect to make even less money. It may not be good business sense, but it's fun
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That ad control is simple to implement. Download the control (I think it comes with the WP7 SDK now). Sign up at pubcenter.microsoft.com. Drag the add control onto the form, set two properties and you're ready to go (the bug that was crashing my app is fixed in the latest release of the ad control).
It pays per impression, and from what I've read the click through rate doesn't affect the price. Advertiser bid on the space based on categories and keywords, so you never know what you're going to get from day to day. I've received as much as ~$2.50/1000 impressions to as little as ~$.50/1000 impressions.
Maybe someday I'll find an idea that pays, until then it's just scratching an itch my day job can't.
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There used to be a lot of polemic about what is better and etc.
Metro vs Desktop is the same. Each has its own place and use.
Just get over it. It is here to stay and most of us will end up developing for it.
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Eugene Sadovoi wrote: It is here to stay and most of us will end up developing for it.
Agree... the market is the market, and 95% of the world doesn't give a sh*t on the reasons we can have or point out to try to avoid it.
The only ones that might avoid it are the ones that get in retired in the next one or two years. The rest of us... close the mouth, swallow it down and learn the new tendence.
Regards.
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It might not be that bad. MS been talking about making object oriented OS since Windows 3.11. Metro and entire subsystem is just that. OO subsystem on top of OS.
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I don't plan to retire yet, but I do see alternatives. Frameworks, libraries and operating system versions come and go. There is no need to keep up with all that. Algorithms and architechture usually are independent of programming languages and frameworks. Those are the things to concentrate on and then learning to use some currently popular thing will be no effort. And they will also be forgotten just as quickly.
My personal alternative will be to leave the nice orderly .Net world and look for a nice C++ job. Somebody has to work on those nice operating systems, drivers or GUIs. And I have gotten tired of playing with Lego. Time to write some real code again.
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
modified 3-May-12 1:14am.
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If you are self employed and can choose what to do, good for you. The rest of us go where the money is...
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Did you not mean to say 'to run where the rest of the herd is running'? Believe it or not, there is money to be made in many other ways. If the herd ran someplace else, so much the better.
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
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The problem is, Microsoft really shouldn't have called it "Windows 8" - it should really be called "Windows Tablet 1.0" or "Windows Touch 1.0" to distinguish this from traditional "desktop" Windows.
I think, in future,
"Tablet" is for everything read only (or not to much typing)
"Desktop" is for serious work or server side
There's no advantage for a mechnical engineer to start assembling CAD drawing on Windows 8 for instance. Similarly, I don't think developers will start do serious coding in (not coding for) Windows 8 environment. In general, anything/work which requires a couple screens and a lot of typing is unsuitable for tablet styled environment.
dev
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devvvy wrote: The problem is, Microsoft really shouldn't have called it "Windows 8" - it
should really be called "Windows Tablet 1.0" Indeed. I don't see myself using touchscreens (they should better have been called smearscreens) or stamp sized displays on desktop computers. That makes me totally unwilling to deal with other devices' shortcomings on a desktop machine just because they had to put everything in one bag.
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
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Can you imagine how much easier it is to work with CAD if you could actually draw on your 80" screen? If you could pinch and expand, scroll with flick of your hand?
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Well it's MS 's rules, sooner on later we'll have to..
There is always hope ..!
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As far as I can see I'll avoid metro for pc for as long as I can (mobile, now that's a whole different story!).
I'm afraid my boss thinks otherwise...
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Unless you are married to your boss you can always tell him to do that himself and look for something else. At least here there the bosses are desperately looking for developers, so a change would not be hard.
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
modified 3-May-12 1:15am.
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Looks like that will become our nightmare !
There is always hope ..!
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Windows 8 turns Windows into a Walled garden where I have to ask permission to write apps and I have to give Microsoft 30% of my hard earned revenue.
I don't want to, but I might have no choice in the matter. I'll avoid it as much as possible.
I can't believe the DOJ hasn't raised their eyebrows considering something as simple as bundling IE with the OS got them all in a tizzy. This goes about 1,000 times further than that.
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Wait, what? Have I been so out of app-land that I don't know what you are talking about? You have to pay to distribute any Metro app (or at least split commission)?
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Yeah I knew Apple and Google did this. So to make a Windows 8 app, you MUST agree to these stipulations if you decide to release it? Or is this mobile only?
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This is for METRO apps, not desktop apps. This is not mobile only. This is mobile AND desktop. Um, careful on the terminology there. Physical desktop PCs can run "Desktop" and "Metro" apps... both "desktop hardware" apps.
If you write a Metro app (for mobile or to run on a PC sitting on a desk) you MUST agree to those terms or your customers will not be able to get your app. The Metro UI is locked into the Microsoft app store, so if you want to distribute your wares to the public, you must do it through the MS app store.
Terminology:
"Desktop": Could mean the PC sitting on your desk or the "non-metro apps... like Windows 7 apps".
"Metro apps": These are apps that use the Metro UI, whether they're on a mobile device or on the desktop. All metro apps can only be acquired through the MS app store.
I'm not surprised you weren't aware of this. Most people (even most developers) still don't know this. Who would ever think that MS would use the nuclear option considering what they went through for simply bundling IE with Windows?
I'll be surprised if the DOJ doesn't get involved. I've already registered a complaint with them. I encourage everyone else to do so too. We developers need our freedoms.
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