[DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts

[Jolyon Smith]

Exactly, and this is what makes a mockery of drawing conclusions about the
"death of Win32" from the fact that Microsoft have chosen to bundle a
tablet/phone GUI framework and launcher environment in their operating
system.

If I had to put it in a pithy one line summary, my current understanding is
essentially that:

  - Metro is to Windows as Android is to Java as iOS is to OSX.



On 19 September 2011 15:22, Colin Johnsun <colin.adug at gmail.com> wrote:

> Win32 APIs won't be disappearing from Windows 8 but the emphasis from
> Microsoft is that all new Metro apps will rely on WinRT (the
> replacement for Win32) and that "Desktop" apps that rely on Win32 or
> .Net will not compile to ARM (read mobile) devices.
>
> Regards,
> Colin
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