On Friday, Microsoft’s Brandon Watson put the word out that any webOS developers who were looking for a new home would get free dev tools and phones if they came to work for WIndows Phone. Over 500 have taken them up on their offer.
https://gizmodo.com/all-7-webos-developers-should-be-stoked-right-now-5832771
HP claims that webOS development is simply on hold while they secure a licensing agreement, but what are the developers supposed to do in the meantime? They’re going to jump ship—as they should—and a platform is nothing without talented devs.
As a Windows Phone user, I’m pretty excited at the prospect of an influx of developing talent for the platform, even if it means picking over the carrion bones of webOS. [The Next Web, WPCentral]
