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.<div>
<br></div><div>If I had to put it in a pithy one line summary, my current understanding is essentially that:</div><div><br></div><div> - Metro is to Windows as Android is to Java as iOS is to OSX.</div><div><br></div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2011 15:22, Colin Johnsun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.adug@gmail.com">colin.adug@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Win32 APIs won't be disappearing from Windows 8 but the emphasis from<br>
Microsoft is that all new Metro apps will rely on WinRT (the<br>
replacement for Win32) and that "Desktop" apps that rely on Win32 or<br>
.Net will not compile to ARM (read mobile) devices.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">Colin</font></blockquote></div></div>