I totally agree. In fact having too many bad apps in the app store can really worsen the customer experience. You can't find the good apps because 99 out of 100 are somebody's high school project they never completed. I wish someone would make a third-party site that curated apps. I bet there would be less than 2000 or 3000 truly unique, high-quality apps out there.

I have to agree that going up against the iPad Microsoft should have hit harder with a lower price. Surveys showed that the Surface was more popular with teenagers that the iPad. Yet it was priced way above what a teenager could buy (or what a parent would spend). It really should have been given an introductory price of $299 (or less) then, raised to $350 six months later. Had they done that I think things would have come out much differently.

Visual Studio definitely wins in most categories. The visual designer(s) in VS can't be topped anywhere in the industry. The XML editor is superior. The binary "hex" editor is superior. The built-in memory, performance, concurrency and other profilers don't even exist in Eclipse. The project template system (not to mentionT4 text templates) is also far superior.

That's a fantastic deal, especially now that RT devices come with Outlook. I need to pick one of these up.

Wow, there is nothing that comes close to the Lumia 1020 and it's camera. I've been using DSLRs for quite some time. No camera phone has ever been able to hold its own against a DSLR like the NIkon D800... until now.

I wouldn't say he actively campaigned. He spoke his opinion. What's wrong with that? Aren't we all free in this country to speak our minds? Just because you disagree with someone doesn't make you a bigot.

It seems pretty hypocritical of the LGBT community to demand tolerance and acceptance of their point of view and then seek revenge on anyone who differed in opinion. Why can't they accept that people disagree and leave it at that?

Windows 8.1 is on its way!

MPEG DASH is nice but it's no Silverlight replacement.

There were many more things announced today at BUILD than just those. IE11 was one of the most impressive revelations. Not only does it support WebGL and streaming video, it does that both in a browser and in an app. Very cool

Companies pay a single person the same salary as a marriedperson but they pay the married personTHOUSANDS more in health and other benefits. Why?

Yet another great company taken down by Android. The only two companies that make any money on Android are Samsung and Microsoft (from royalties).

Great to see some support for block-by-deafult from another Browser. IE was going it alone and taking all the heat. Now the pressure is on Google to do the same for Chrome.

Azure has made some incredible strides in recently months. They announce new features almost every week. I can't wait to see more at Build 2013. My company has slowly been moving more and more resources into Azure and out of our own datacenters.

I curious about how many people have actually tried a laptop with a touch screen. I'm guessing most people who are against it haven't even tried it. I still love my mouse and keyboard but there's nothing like being able to reach up and stretch an image or drag some content around with two fingers.