SDK Overview. If you get the Google Desktop Search SDK, you can develop plug-ins using a number of languages:
• Visual Studio .NET
• Java
• Perl
• Python
• any language that supports COM and XML
I am willing to bet that we'll be seeing some interesting plug-ins related to managing information we keep daily to maintain our labs and our science. If you happen to be able to program in any one of these languages, why don't you try your hand in making something useful for the scientific community at-large? Some perks you get for developing these tools include:
# Receive a free, limited-edition Google Desktop Developer T-shirt (how cool would it be to be called a google developer?)
# Be promoted on the GDS Download Plug-ins page (lots of users will download your tool --> name in lights).
# Advertise your plug-in for free on Google with Google AdWords (the more people who use your plug-in, the more famous you'll be. Heck, if you want, it's not shameful to put a google banner ad on your download page to subsidize a portion of your freely available work).