Microsoft held a press conference in the U.S. last night, during which the Windows Store was unveiled. The shop, which aims to compete with the Mac App Store will be accessible to the public in February 2012, when the arrival of the beta version of Windows 8.
During the event, held in San Francisco, the virtual store has been submitted. A demonstration was made. And above all, much information was given. The Windows Store is the only retailer Metro applications, and will be included in Windows 8, which should be available next fall.
First beta in February 2012
Windows 8 and Windows Store, may be tested in beta in February 2012. Before the official release, only free applications will be proposed, designed by developers invited by Microsoft. 500 million licenses have been sold for the OS to come.
Developers will be interested in the following: if the conditions are the same as on the Apple App Store on commercial software (30% for Microsoft, 70% for developers), a bonus will be possible for the best of them. Thus, when a developer has generated more than 19,000 euros of revenue from Microsoft will be reduced to 20%.
More revenue for developers
In addition, programmers can test their applications with the same tools as those used by Microsoft to facilitate their validation and the company promises that the conditions for a program to be accepted will be set out transparently via a regulation “clearly and concise. ”
The price of the license to publish an application on Windows Store is $ 50 for one person, and $ 99 for a business (against $ 99 in any event at Apple).
And best of all, the download of applications with an expiration date will be possible, in order to test them on a period of time prior to purchase.
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