Yesterday I was attending to Windows Phone Developer event organized by Microsoft in Helsinki. The place was crowded, there was about 600-700 developers around Finland. For me, it was bit weird event because usually when I have attended to developer events or conference there are always familiar faces, but not this time. Maybe the reason for this is that, this event was organized by Microsoft, not Nokia, Intel or Linux Foundation.
The purpose of the event was clear – Microsoft needs more Windows Phone developers and the next version of Windows Phone 7.1, code name Mango, will be mature enough to get more developer volume. Naturally, Nokia and Microsoft deal 2/11 means that they will have a solid developer foundation here in Finland too.