I had used HockeyApp for 3 months while testing my current set of mobile apps. I had used it to test an iPhone app and it was terribly painful. Those pains were mostly from Apple's end though. Once I had found out Apple bought TestFlight, I canceled my HockeyApp subscription. Does anyone have any input on the comparison of HockeyApp and Play Store beta testing for the testing process of android apps?
HockeyApp Joins Microsoft
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#52"When we founded our company, our intent and mission was to always stay indie."
You sold out, dude.
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#53Hey, the business reason to buy it is clear. Nobody develops for Windows Phone, but everybody has the burden to develop for two plataforms: iOS and Android. If MS lower the burden and automatically makes it very, very easy to develop for Windows Phone, they will finally have some decent software in their plataform.
MS will buy Xamarin next. VS is free now, you will deploy your app to tester with Hockey, test it, monitor it and then offer you Azure Mobile Services
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#54"When we founded our company, our intent and mission was to always stay indie." You sold out, dude.
Everyone has a price. Everyone.
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#55Congrats to Michael and team on this! After Apple bought TestFlight and relaunched their testing offering this year at WWDC, it was clear Hockey would have a problem competing in the Apple device space (even though I think their product is superior to what TestFlight was -- haven't used the new TestFlight enough to compare).
The tools are great for users and developers and I think this will be great for Microsoft. Glad to see it end up in good hands.
Truly a great service.
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#56"When we founded our company, our intent and mission was to always stay indie." You sold out, dude.
You say it like it's some mark of shame.
They built a product, found success, a bigger company wanted it, and then found more success via acquisition.
What's wrong with that?
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#58Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with hockey...
If they aren't hockey related, at least they could have gone all out with hockey branding and terminology!
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Microsoft has also been providing software for Macs since 1984, when it appeared at the launch, and it generally makes more money per head from Mac users (who buy lots of copies of Windows and Office) than Windows users (roughly $45 each per 4-5 years). The only reason it would quit on iOS is if it couldn't make any money from iOS users. And the only reason it wouldn't be able to make money from iOS users would be if…
> "Microsoft has also been providing software for Macs since 1984, when it appeared at the launch, and it generally makes more money per head from Mac users (who buy lots of copies of Windows and Office) than Windows users (roughly $45 each per 4-5 years)." All true, but that hasn't prevented the quality of MS software on Macs from varying between first class and complete bottom of the barrel. Right now iOS/OSX seems…
> All true, but that hasn't prevented the quality of MS software on Macs from varying between first class and complete bottom of the barrel.
Life isn't that simple. Somebody once had the idea that, to save money, the Windows version of Office could be converted for Mac OS instead of developed separately. Apple users quickly let Microsoft know that they didn't like it, and Microsoft went back to the earlier system.
Meanwhile, Apple doesn't bother trying to program stuff for Windows. Its Windows programs are crap but it just ignores the cries of pain from Windows users of iTunes.
> Right now iOS/OSX seems to be enjoying high priority at Microsoft, but this hasn't always been the case, even when Macs were popular.
Macs have never been popular, by DOS/Windows standards, and they still represent a very small minority of the installed base. However, Microsoft understands the difference between the installed base and the actual market (ie people spending money). A Mac user who buys Windows from Microsoft is much more profitable than a Windows user who gets a bundled OEM version.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah it was shortly after Satya taking over that MS Office for iPad was released. They'd obviously had the code there, but the authority to actually get it out seemed to be lacking.
No, they just needed the new face to kick things off, so everybody can attribute the change and believe. EEE. Watch and learn. This is why Microsoft will never die, no matter how hard some people's wishful thinking.
Sad but true. Ballmer could have done the same things but wouldn't have got the same response.
It generally takes Microsoft years to do things. Anyone who doesn't realize all this stuff was already a long way down the pipeline needs hitting with a cluestick ;-)