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There are lots of controls that ship with Windows 8. But, let’s be honest, there are lots of controls that don’t ship with Windows 8, too. After a little review, I can’t help but consider the third party controls available, how nice they are, how supported they are, and now, how cheap they are.
Telerik has announced their “hobbyist” pricing for their top 12 controls. These are the core controls that developers ask about in the Visual Studio toolbox – like date picker, SQL Lite wrapper, and simple charting. Hobbyist pricing is a miserable $149. Seriously, it’s pennies if you think about it.