Why Windows must die. For the third time

rwenzori said:
Windows 10 S is just a stupid plan to force people onto their store. Won't work.

"properly architected and curated" - Do NOT want!
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You don't want it and you're not forced to use it.

Universities will definitely implement it.
 
Geoff.D said:
Why? because it will have or will have less loopholes for you to hack??
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No.

- A lot of what I run is self-written, and I don't want to have to "store" it
- I follow a group many of whom sell through the Apple store and this is nightmarish -
* frequent changes to "standards" invalidating your existing work
* frequent changes to the OS that stuff up your app ( the history of MacOS from way back )
* having to jump through hoops to correctly package your app with certificates and such
* major restrictions on what you can access on the computer
* general pain in the arse
* apps rejected by uninterested reviewers who don't understand the app at all
- likely to restrict you as to what you can do on your own machine
- "properly architected" means MS's way or the highway, and preferably use their tools

And no, I don't hack.
 
rwenzori said:
For now. But there is this view:

"Microsoft's only choice to move forward is to throw the Win32 baby out with the bathwater."

Stuff that.
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Or sandbox it, to be prevent Windows rot so there's nothing wrong with that.
 
DA-LION-619 said:
Or sandbox it, to be prevent Windows rot so there's nothing wrong with that.
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Would have to be an effing big sandbox, allowing full access to multiple large hard drives and hundreds of thousands of files, and the ability to control system-wide processes. Can't just live in the "home" and "userdata" type places.
 
rwenzori said:
Would have to be an effing big sandbox, allowing full access to multiple large hard drives and hundreds of thousands of files, and the ability to control system-wide processes. Can't just live in the "home" and "userdata" type places.
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UWP programs already allow you access?
Photoshop has already been coverted and that was covered at the last event I think.

The latest POC I saw was Photoshop x86 running on a Snapdragon ARM chip.
 
This one version won't mean any "deaths" in the Microsoft family.
 
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Andaeriel said:
What happens to services such as STEAM if Microsoft implements its UWP and Windows Store scheme ruthlessly?
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http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/

Microsoft will never ever let that hapen, They rather split the OS than lose all the Computer enthusiasts, trust me on that one. Hell they gone so far as trying to get us Linux folk to stop dual-booting with WLS. (For me it worked as I am now running Windows 10 on my Gaming PC at home. Work still on Mint.
 
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Arthur said:
Much, much, much more important to Msft is deprecating Win32 and moving to UWP. Right now, the Store is the main way UWP apps are delivered, but that's not necessary, just prudent in these early days.
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Thurrott: It’s “Game Over”, “UWP will disappear”

https://mspoweruser.com/thurrott-its-game-over-uwp-will-disappear/

"As far as I can see, the future of native applications on Windows has very little to do with the Microsoft Store. However, I do not expect the store to disappear. But I expect that UWP will disappear, especially on the Windows desktop. And that the Microsoft Store remains irrelevant to most users and most developers. "

And not a moment too soon. Arthur's theory crashes and burns like a Sukhoi Superjet.
 
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