>But they have to be written using WinRT. No, they don't have to be. The Windows 8 app store on non-Windows RT devices will have links to desktop apps. http:/

>But they have to be written using WinRT. No, they don't have to be. The Windows 8 app store on non-Windows RT devices will have links to desktop apps. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227907/Microsoft_tips_how_Windows_8_store_will_promote_desktop_apps http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227907/Microsoft_tip... HN comments on Microsoft related stories(only negative ones i.e, the positive ones are usually flagged to death even if they rarely get on the front page) sometimes remind me of the blind leading the blind. Some people who don't even use or follow Microsoft technologies are the first to vote up such stories and then comment snarkingly in the comments about things that they seem to have no clue about .