THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AT WOASE

[ghauber]

What does M$ get out of it.

Content for their Pocket PC and Smartphone platforms, which makes them more attractive to consumers.  Amiga OS is a desktop OS, so Microsoft will not lose out there, as this is in a different market.  Microsoft needs content to help kickstart their platform and compete against other OS's in that space.  Amiga Anywhere is a good way to provide that content.

[ghauber]

but i do keep wondering why the DE developers haven't managed to make any software yet

Don't worry, we *have* managed to make some software :-)  Be patient, and you will see...

Where is all the software that MS are going to promote? Productivity software anyone?

It's coming...

One thing you've got to understand, is that the slowdown that affected Amiga has also affected many of the DE developers.  How many of us do you think could afford to full time develop content for the Amiga DE when there has been very little revenue coming from there?  We still have to pay the bills, put food on the table, and all that.  Things are changing, however, and this MS deal is going to make things a *whole* lot easier for us.

Are there any DE developpers out there anyway?

Yep, quite a few on the SDA list...