Wise words from Jakob Nielsen: "Forty years of history in the computer industry proves that the only way for a platform to succeed is to win the developers. So far, Microsoft has not been particularly successful in getting developers to ship significantly more Internet solutions for Windows than for other platforms. But HailStorm could change that, since it presents a simple choice: launch a service for HailStorm and get paid money, or target alternative platforms and get paid eyeballs."

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