[DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts

[Jolyon Smith]

Here's probably the best article on this that I have come across so far:


http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/windows-8-for-software-developers-the-longhorn-dream-reborn.ars/2

Somehow it manages to make sense of all the contradictions in other
reports/write-ups/opinion pieces.  Perhaps The Grand Unified Theory of
//build/ if you will.  :)



> On 19 September 2011 12:02, David Brennan <dugdavid at dbsolutions.co.nz>wrote:
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>> I read this blog post on the Embarcadero blog feed:****
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>> http://blogs.remobjects.com/blogs/mh/2011/09/17/p3168****
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>> 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.****
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>> 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?). ****
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>> 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?****
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>> Anyone else heard anything interesting about Windows 8 and how it affects
>> native development?****
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>> Cheers,****
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>> David.****
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