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> They are envious of the Google and Apple walled gardens/cashcows and are now determined to turn Windows into one. Which is perplexing, because this is essent
by facile3232 2y ago
> They are envious of the Google and Apple walled gardens/cashcows and are now determined to turn Windows into one.
Which is perplexing, because this is essentially the opposite strategy than what gave windows value to begin with.
- tonyedgecombe 2y agoIt would be amusing for Microsoft to end up in a situation where developers don’t want to target Windows anymore, just like Apple in the 90’s. Perhaps they think it doesn’t matter once everything is in the cloud.
- debugnik 2y agoWe're most of the way there with the switch to web apps and their native wrappers, even Microsoft isn't using their own UI toolkits anymore. The only segments left targeting Windows as a platform are games, replacements/extensions to the OS tools, and a bunch of legacy .NET LOB apps. And since the Steam Deck and clones, Wine/Proton are (very) slowly becoming the actual target for games rather than Windows.
- extraduder_ire 2y agoI think that long before that developers will still be targeting the windows APIs, even if they're not intending their software for windows.
- heresie-dabord 2y ago> Which is perplexing, because this is essentially the opposite strategy than what gave windows value to begin with. Consider how much has changed since the first 25 years of MSFT. Both in business and in life in general.