[/.] Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store

Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store

CWmike writes "Microsoft is working on a software distribution scheme along the lines of Apple’s iPhone App Store, CEO Steve Ballmer said yesterday at a developer’s conference in Sydney, Australia. ‘There’s not much money being made, but the general concept of giving developers a way not only to get their code distributed, but to really get visibility for the code, is a good idea,’ Ballmer said. Ballmer hinted that something similar would be coming soon from Microsoft. While he said Micrsoft was not ready to detail the works in progress, he said ‘… fear not, we’re hard at work, and you’ll see some of the benefits [of that] with some of the concepts, particularly Facebook’s.’"Read more of this story at Slashdot.