[DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts

[David Brennan]

I think it is all fascinating. That arstechnica article was written a couple of months ago before Build and seems at odds with what others are saying about Silverlight. But no one seems to really know.

 

 

 

From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2011 1:25 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts

 

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:

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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