At Google Schmidt has used the Web's openness to create an even bigger and harder-to-attack network of online developers who build software for products like Google Maps and now Android.

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Traditional management frustrated the software developers, and usually resulted in products that were late or over budget or often never finished at all.

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Its products enable OEMs, ODMs, System Integrators and Software Developers to deliver industry-leading devices across a broad range of consumer electronics and embedded markets.

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Kickstarter and Indiegogo are both crowdfunding platforms, where users are able to share their ideas and donate funding to those they like. uTest is a crowdsourced software testing platform, giving developers a chance to sample their products on users.

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One of its core products, BBX, introduced in 1985, provides application developers with software for programming.

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That Apple is one of the biggest external developers for Microsoft is a boon, he said, since having his software in Microsoft products is like giving a glass of water to somebody in Hell.

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Third-party software developers can write their MMC plug-ins so that network administrators can manage these third-party products from inside the centralized console.

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In addition to its newest products, Hillcrest continues to offer several Freespace Reference Kits (FSRKs) to give product designers and software developers all the components, tools, and documentation needed to rapidly prototype motion control devices.

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