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You mean the windows store with no relevancy that Noone distributes on anyway?

• pjmlp 6y ago
  That is what many in HN like circles keep thinking, meanwhile I know of several Fortune 500 where that is the only distribution channel enabled by IT. Windows 10X might not have been released as planned, but it will come.
  • tpush 6y ago
    > [...] meanwhile I know of several Fortune 500 where that is the only distribution channel enabled by IT. Can you name one?
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      NDA
  • luckylion 6y ago
    > by forcing consumers to move > Fortune 500 Those aren't the same groups, even if that's true and those companies only use software that's available on the Microsoft store.
• hans1729 6y ago
  I mean, hey, its a great tool to install WSL asap!
  • MiddleEndian 6y ago
    Also their Windows Terminal app which is, for some reason, very hidden. But it allows WSL, cmd, and powershell tabs all in the same Window.
    • hans1729 6y ago
      And its amazing! https://i.imgur.com/7p5g5os.png https://i.imgur.com/7p5g5os.png The one thing I'm still missing from iTerm is the hotkey-implementation, but we'll get there eventually :-)
• Terretta 6y ago
  No, the Xbox Games Store, designed as vertically integrated sole app source for the Xbox console, making its way to Windows 10: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/pc-gaming https://www.xbox.com/en-US/pc-gaming
  • pityJuke 6y ago
    And yet, curiously, Microsoft very recently made the move to stop exclusively distributing all their apps on the Microsoft Store, with recent titles like Flight Sim being available on Steam. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-08-01-microsoft-is-having-a-good-time-on-steam-right-now https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-08-01-microsoft-is-h...
• ehnto 6y ago
  I have lots of software on my Windows machine and none of it is from the Windows Store, it thankfully hasn't done much harm.
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