# The B Team

URL: /show/coder-radio/14/
> Mike and Chris discuss the recent Amazon Kindle Fire and Windows Phone 8 announcements and how they affect your development work. We also discuss your feedback and Mike’s epic coffee fail, and some great new audience apps.

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 14
- Date: 2012-09-10
- Hosts: chris, michael
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/W6fQrXCsulA





### Episode Links

#### Feedback

  * Mike does not mean free software when he says open source — he means open source…
  * Michael wants to know if I think that Macs have become popular with developers because that is what their employers buy — ie would they spend the same money themselves?
  * Kostas writes in re the open-source business models: “In my opinion the only people who can afford to experiment with this are people whose lives don't depend on the revenue from their software. That leaves just hobbyists and college students”
  * Mike has been learning Python and wants to know what GUI toolkit to use
  * David needs to buy a new PC and wants to know if I recommend a laptop or desktop.
  * Brian suggests we cover the JVM languages that are not Java and wonders what I think of the idea that Scala will replace Java
  * Regarding GO.
  * [Callisto](https://play.google.com/store/apps/detailsab6a.html?id=com.qweex.callisto\\%22)
  * [Shane's Software on the side: Java ME Permissions Suck and another Jupiter Broadcasting App](http://www.softwareontheside.info/2012/09/java-me-permissions-suck-and-another.html/index.html)

#### This Weeks Dev Hoopla

  * [The Wall Street Journal says pairing is the way and the light](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100008723963904438558045775999930530550306182.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_TECHEDITORSPICKS_1\\%22)

#### Fire Re-Kindled?

  * What do I need to know?
  * ICS Baby
  * Is this really Android?
  * How does this compare to the Galaxy Nexus 7?
  * What does this mean for my shiny new Android app?

#### Eighth Time is a Charm

  * Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Samsung Atrix — are they worth it?
  * What does Windows Phone 8 mean for me coming from Windows 7 or .Net

#### Book of The Week

  * [Code Complete](http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670/ref%3dsr_1_13793.html?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347291971&sr=1-1&keywords=code+complete\\%22)

#### Tool of the Week

  * [Producteev](http://www.producteev.com/index.html)