Microsoft offers expanded sideloading options for Windows 8.1.
Microsoft is trying to make it easier for businesses who want to release apps for Windows 8.1 outside the Windows Store via sideloading. A few days ago as part of BUILD 2014, the company announced an expansion of the customers in several Volume Licensing programs that will be able to obtain sideloading rights for no additional cost.
In a blog post, Microsoft said that customers who have Enterprise, Enterprise Subscription, Enrollment for Education Solutions, School Enrollment, Select and Select Plus agreements can now get a free sideload app key. Also, as part of the upcoming Windows 8.1 Update, Microsoft will allow for sideloading apps for all Windows 8.1 Pro devices that are joined to an Active Directory domain.
Finally, starting on May 1st, other business customers who want sideloading rights will be able to purchase them for $100, which grants access to an unlimited number of devices. As ZDNet points out, this is much cheaper than the previous plan which charges businesses $30 for sideloading to each device.
A few months ago, a Microsoft team in China uploaded an easier way to sideload Windows 8 apps via the Codeplex site, but that effort was apparently unauthorized as the code was quickly deleted from that page.
So in the past, you could compile your application, send a copy to your customer or your friends or whoever. Not anymore if you are using the "new and better" Windows versions with the new APIs. No no no, now you are no longer allowed to deploy your own software to whoever you want. You MUST ask permission from Microsoft. You MUST pay them. You MUST give 30% of the profit. You MUST bow to them. You MUST open your ass wide open so they can fist fuck you with two hands!
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BUT HEY, MICROSOFT! CHECK THIS OUT:
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DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I AM NOT YOUR SLAVE!
BECAUSE I NO LONGER WILL DEVELOP FOR YOUR MOTHERFUCKING PRISON CELL CALLED WINDOWS!
Simply put: FUCK YOU!
In the real world and not in Microsoft's dream land:
Unreal Engine 4 now supports Linux and SteamOS.
Unreal has announced that Unreal Engine 4.1, due to be released in the next couple of weeks, will fully support SteamOS and Linux. Developers can take their games - whether they're indie or triple-AAA titles - flip a switch, and voila: The game is packaged and ready to run on SteamOS and Linux.
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In case you didn't hear me the first time,
FUCK YOU MICROSOFT
and
FUCK YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM!
TO HELL WITH YOU!
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Although, they most likely will delete that post very quickly, as they usually do, so here is a screenshot of it just in case.
