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Microsoft, as evil as they may be, have always had a rather open eco system. Even when Windows was at its prime, you didn't have to get permission to develop or
by troels 15y ago
Microsoft, as evil as they may be, have always had a rather open eco system. Even when Windows was at its prime, you didn't have to get permission to develop or install applications on the platform.
- Vivtek 15y agoTrue - I was responding to his assertion midway that if Windows had preempted a popular app, people would scream. It's just not true.
- kgreg80 15y agoRemember when hordes of WinZip enthusiasts flooded messageboards with angry complaints after XP was released with that functionality built in? Neither do I.
- william42 15y agoIt's the developers who flood with angry complaints. And yes, they did. It's called Netscape.
- vacri 15y agoHave you used the most recent WinZip? I had to install the demo to open a .zipx file that nothing I had would unzip. It's a little scary - they've gone quite markedly beyond what you would expect from a compression tool.
- simonbrown 15y agoWP7 apps have to be approved.
- pornel 15y agoPrevious versions were open. I suspect AppStore has lead the way to this (proved that consumers are OK with this model).