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What worked and didn't work with Microsoft's attempts to do this with Universal Windows Platform? Was it just lack of active phone / tablet marketshare, or was
by coob 8y ago
What worked and didn't work with Microsoft's attempts to do this with Universal Windows Platform?
Was it just lack of active phone / tablet marketshare, or was there a fundamental technical reason it didn't take off?
- bradenb 8y agoSpeaking for myself (as a huge fan of C# and WPF), I didn't feel like there was enough of a phone/tablet/Store/Xbox market for UWP apps that made it worth restricting myself to UWP. I feel like it was a case of trying to make one tool useful for all jobs instead of choosing the right tool for each job.
- setquk 8y agoMicrosoft's schitzophrenic management, comedy marketing, internal politics, zero ability to deliver, non existent QA, disrespect for the end user and the migration to a monthly fee wrote it off. A consistent well executed vision is required to pull this off. Apple haven't done it yet because it's that hard to work out how to do it without causing the above.