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Kinda makes me appreciate the lengths that Microsoft will go to to ensure existing applications work on new platforms :-)

• scarface74 8y ago
  And that’s not really a good thing. Windows is so full of hacks that it is bloated and impossible to maintain. Apple has been able to port the base of MacOS to phones, tablets, watches, tv devices, etc. MS can barely make Windows run well in a Docker container. Edit: If anyone thinks this is just me being facetious, they need to read Raymond Chen’s blog with entries about all of the hacks they had to do to keep badly written programs from breaking.
  • HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
    The difference is: that's not my problem, and it shouldn't be! Let Microsoft worry about how to keep Windows running and I'll worry about keeping my own applications running.
    • scarface74 8y ago
      It is your problem - the inconsistent APIs, the slow as molasses updates for Windows, security vulnerabilities etc. There is a reason that all of the energy and money when it comes to applications has moved to mobile and the web. Any platform creator has three priorities. 1. The company 2. The Users . . . . 3. Developers. Developers will go where ever the users are. You don’t have to make life comfortable for developers. Windows Mobile was a joy to develop for compared to any other platform, but it didn’t matter.