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[Rick Spencer <rick.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 10:23 -0600, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Recently I came across a couple of examples of indie developers
> comparing the overall experience of developing for multiple platforms.
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> Android vs WP7 for developers - a case study
> <http://www.nilzorblog.com/2011/01/android-vs-wp7-for-developers-case.html>
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>     Covers the respective IDEs, APIs, submission process, report
>     interface, and sales numbers. "I do believe it's slightly more
>     fun to work at the WP7 platform, but the differences are not
>     that big. Not big enough to be decisive alone."
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> - From iPhone to Windows Phone 7
> <http://carpeaqua.com/2011/01/02/from-iphone-to-windows-phone-7/>
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>     Emphasizes the importance of having an OS -- and hardware --
>     that the developer wants to use themselves, but also touches on
>     the quality of APIs and IDEs. "Truth be told, I had fun with the
>     Windows Phone SDK. Whereas the Android tools and APIs frustrated
>     me to no end, I had little trouble picking up Windows Phone and
>     translating many of the paradigms and lessons I’ve learned on
>     the Apple platform to Microsoft’s."
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> While those posts are about mobile platforms, this is the kind of
> experience we need to design in making Ubuntu an attractive target
> platform for developers. The end-to-end experience of being attracted to
> Ubuntu development, installing the SDK, learning the APIs, developing an
> application, submitting it, and tracking revenue and feedback.

Is there ambiguity about Ubuntu's aspiration to accomplish this?

Cheers, Rick