[DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts

[David Brennan]

I read this blog post on the Embarcadero blog feed:

 

http://blogs.remobjects.com/blogs/mh/2011/09/17/p3168

 

Interesting, not least because Marc has a go at traditional Win32
development tools and then clarifies in the comments that he does indeed
count Delphi. He takes the view that you should use native tools for each
platform. This is interesting because I would have thought he's pushing his
luck saying this on the Embarcadero blog and it also runs counter to their
new product to compile Oxygene to Java I would have thought.

 

Anyway, the real core of the blog post was about Windows 8 and the major
changes Microsoft are making, changes which at this stage appear to cut out
native Win32 style development. Sounds like Win32 apps will still be usable
in Desktop mode on Intel CPUs but potentially nowhere else. I noticed on
another Embarcadero blog someone saying that Embarcadero will be supporting
Windows 8 with Delphi but they aren't sure exactly how (eg VCL, Firemonkey,
both?). 

 

One comment Marc Hoffman made was that Microsoft are exposing the XAML UI to
C++ so that is Microsofts path for doing non managed development. I wonder
if Embarcadero will try to do the same with CBuilder and Delphi and I wonder
how much Microsoft would cooperate? And if you did try to expose it is that
a third Delphi UI option or does VCL or Firemonkey map to it?

 

Anyone else heard anything interesting about Windows 8 and how it affects
native development?

 

Cheers,

David.

 

 

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