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> Where the future is also sandboxed Judging from Windows Store/UWP/etc acceptance, it doesn't really seem much of a future. > they would need to rewrite the

by Crinus 7y ago

> Where the future is also sandboxed Judging from Windows Store/UWP/etc acceptance, it doesn't really seem much of a future. > they would need to rewrite the applications from scratch Nah, this is never going to happen with Windows. The worst you can expect is to not get any new features, but even with base Win32 you have enough functionality to build on top of it anything you want (and/or use 3rd party libraries that bring that functionality).

pjmlp 7y ago
Sure it has a future, that is the whole point of the MSIX move, sandboxing for Win32 and UWP, regardless of the store. I mean re-writing from Cocoa into Windows.
- Crinus 7y ago
  It might be some future for niche/specific uses, but i'm certain the current model of downloading an installer for applications and games or having a (non-sandboxed) downloader like Steam, Galaxy, Origin, EGS, etc will remain the most common by far. Unless Microsoft tries to force that, but they'll certainly face a lot of resistance and with their apparent coupling of Windows Store with the sandboxing model they could face antitrust issues that would dwarf the IE vs Netscape case of the 90s as there are way more money and businesses involved nowadays (and of course Valve/Steam waving their Linux support all over MS' face :-P - that story has calmed down now but consider how many companies flared up just because of the idea that MS could potentially lock down Windows with Win8).
  - pjmlp 7y ago
    Sandboxing is orthogonal to the store.
    - Crinus 7y ago
      Yes, but it isn't orthogonal to 3rd party stores in that you need to escape it for them to work. And really the same applies with a lot of other application types too.