Why develop for Windows 8?
Windows 8 is a platform with high potential. Based on the trends, Windows 8 is expected to run on half a billion devices within a year or two. Since previous versions of Windows are already running on over a billion machines today, and upgrading from any existing version will cost a mere $15 to $40 – this is just a deal that is hard to miss. Windows 8 is every bit as stable and incrementally improved in its desktop flavor, but it also has a new and exciting part in its touch-centric start screen and app store support.
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