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Odd. 1. As a developer I feel that would be a disincentive for me to start developing for Win8 when Win9 is in the pipeline just a few months away. Which one
by aik 14y ago
Odd.
1. As a developer I feel that would be a disincentive for me to start developing for Win8 when Win9 is in the pipeline just a few months away. Which one do I actually develop for?
2. Win8 is unproven. I couldn't imagine Win9 would be in a stable enough conceptual stage for it to make sense for them to announce it. They haven't even received wide consumer feedback on Win8 yet and so many things are still up in the air with the OEMs it seems.
If anything it could be Win8.5 -- some cool new additions but 90% of the foundation is the same.
- randomfool 14y agoAn 8 SP1 release is definitely a strong possibility (but not as fun to theorize!). I'd say that the largest hole in my theory is that Microsoft has fairly high support standards- something like supporting the OS for 10 years after release. If they release a new version every year then that makes patching and support an absolute nightmare. Service Packs since they are free do not (AFAIK) extend the support life of the product. I disagree with the developer aspect- you target what customers have, but keep an eye on what's coming up. Same thing goes for iOS and OSX developers. As it is now with the Windows ecosystem, it takes eons after the OS is released to actually have enough traction to make sense targeting it.