{"id":214600,"date":"2010-01-22T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=25231"},"modified":"2010-01-22T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T21:24:07","slug":"windows-mobile-developers-ask-microsoft-where%e2%80%99s-our-money-kind-sirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/214600","title":{"rendered":"Windows Mobile developers ask Microsoft: Where\u2019s our money, kind sirs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/msftmoney.jpg\" alt=\"msftmoney\" title=\"msftmoney\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25229\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the case of the missing money. Or, less dumb, it&#8217;s a case of nobody knowing what&#8217;s going on. Several Windows Mobile developers <a HREF=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/microsoft\/news\/2010\/01\/windows-mobile-devs-to-microsoft-wheres-our-money.ars\">have complained loudly<\/a> that they&#8217;re owed monies by Microsoft. Microsoft is all, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry about it, we&#8217;ll get it sorted out,&#8221; but then doesn&#8217;t, in fact, sort it.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is that several developers are owed, or at least feel that they&#8217;re owed, money for applications they&#8217;ve sold on the Windows Marketplace of Mobile store. The store launched last October. (You don&#8217;t remember everyone dancing in the streets, celebrating its launch?) The rules are such that, once you&#8217;ve sold more than $200 worth of applications, calculated after Microsoft takes its cut, then Redmond sends you an electronic transfer payment. Nothing too fancy for a gigantic corporation like Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Unless&#8230; Well, a number of developers have claimed that, despite crossing the dollar amount threshold, they still haven&#8217;t received payment. And yes, these developers have already read Microsoft&#8217;s explanation as to what&#8217;s going on, and they&#8217;re still asking questions. Mainly, &#8220;where&#8217;s my money? Food doesn&#8217;t grow on trees.&#8221; Oh, wait: it does. Imagine that.<\/p>\n<p>To its credit, Microsoft does appear to be trying to rectify the issue, and <a HREF=\"http:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/mktplace\/thread\/b941ffbb-273c-462d-ae87-e5d756beb763\">is posting on the relevant message board<\/a> that it&#8217;s looking into the situation, but &#8220;try&#8221; probably isn&#8217;t a word you want to hear when there&#8217;s money at stake.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Crunch Network<\/em><\/strong>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\">CrunchBase<\/a><em> <\/em>the free database of technology companies, people, and investors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZcZd9B2G_-NSjKT5Um1ckdPk_RQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZcZd9B2G_-NSjKT5Um1ckdPk_RQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZcZd9B2G_-NSjKT5Um1ckdPk_RQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZcZd9B2G_-NSjKT5Um1ckdPk_RQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=-4mUJyg5fGQ:_xCll7YKtvU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=-4mUJyg5fGQ:_xCll7YKtvU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=-4mUJyg5fGQ:_xCll7YKtvU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=-4mUJyg5fGQ:_xCll7YKtvU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=-4mUJyg5fGQ:_xCll7YKtvU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the case of the missing money. Or, less dumb, it&#8217;s a case of nobody knowing what&#8217;s going on. Several Windows Mobile developers have complained loudly that they&#8217;re owed monies by Microsoft. Microsoft is all, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry about it, we&#8217;ll get it sorted out,&#8221; but then doesn&#8217;t, in fact, sort it. 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