>>>The key thing for us is a common API [application programming interface everywhere. That's why we're going for this common technology base. <<<
I haven't a clue what this means technically. They already have the win32 API in common, less all the special development kits you have to buy separately for various extensions.
Maybe they are talking about keeping their Windows lines split into pro/business user and retail user versions, as now, instead of unifying them as announced repeatedly for the last 10 years (since os2.) This erects a price wall between the two types of users, (Win95/NT), as much as possible anyway, preserving market share at the low end and charging the business/pro user lots of money, just like now.
In my mind this is just an excuse to keep doing what they are doing. Usually, Microsoft 'thinking' of this type just amount to techy-sounding rationalizations for a rosy marketing scenario for them. That's why so little of this type of stuff makes any sense at all when heard as a technician.
I have learned to read these particular tea leaves like a marketer, not like a designer or programmer. What I hear is don't hold your breath waiting for Windows to be unified. And at the same time as we split even our own platforms for marketing reasons, please don't think of us as unportable.
This is Nissan DX vs Nissan LX: BS. Same engine, same tranny, same frame, same electronics, leather vs cloth seats.
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