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To: Eric L who wrote (1264)	2/4/2012 3:44:08 PM
From: zax	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 1647

Thanks for the response. :) It is going to be a lot of fun to watch indeed. Times will be very exciting when Windows "8" comes out. If history repeats itself, I am pretty certain that Win 8 will catch some initial malignment like Vista did and all will be forgiven in a successor that will be more widely adopted. In reality Vista and Windows 7 were very similar OSs and the reality in the media and on the street were rather different. But there was a significant difference in development model guidelines as LUA (least user access), program and data separation and file and registry virtualization were concepts that developers needed to grasp and work with to bring about a more secure platform. Much of the initial issues with Vista were the software catching up to the newer model and tweaked to work well within it, and the rougher edges of any new model getting smoothly polished. I can't imagine Windows "8" not experiencing similar initial difficulties. I am certain that Windows 8 on x86 will do great, but the real question is whether Windows 8 on ARM will compete well. I fired up the earliest Windows 8 developer preview and found that and it was strikingly backwards compatible with legacy Applications - e.g. even VB6 stuff - going all the back to Windows 95. Thats hella impressive; the challenges must have been enormous to do this in parallel with the development of the Windows 8 RT. If Intel (I know its a big if) releases atoms that compete with ARM in efficiency; I wonder if Windows on ARM will have a chance at getting any real penetration outside of Windows Phone and Embedded platforms. I haven't heard this discussed much... but it seems a fundamental question and challenge. What I most look forward to seeing is how Visual Studio will target the Windows 8 RT. I feel certain that something very similar to Silverlight will be core. None of the dev tools are public yet. It's all going to be fun to watch and participate in. There will be Virtual Warfare for every Virtual Warrior wearing Virtual Armor and sporting Virtual Weaponry that frequents message boards like those offered by SI, regardless of the various nutball fringes native persuasion. I do so enjoy trolling the nutball fringe. Did you ever step on fire anthills when you were a kid? ;)

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