This toolkit can be downloaded now from the Microsoft Developer Network site (see link below).

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Google chief executive Eric Schmidt was twice (at Sun and Novell) beaten up by Microsoft through a robust developer network, and has made it a point to cultivate small developers, and swarm the giants, since he arrived at Google.

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Microsoft officials say it will leverage its existing developer network, plus the mashup newbies, with its forthcoming Windows Live product.

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Now Apple and Android have over 400, 000 apps each, growing weekly, while Microsoft is struggling with 50k apps, no compelling reason to switch and struggles to build a developer network.

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In the days before the app developer community, ecosystems were disciplined, educated and controlled by companies like Microsoft that took a hierarchical view of their network.

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