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This is the most overdone news story in recent months. It was two tweets, and yet entire articles are being written analyzing a small quip. Now how many times

This is the most overdone news story in recent months. It was two tweets, and yet entire articles are being written analyzing a small quip. Now how many times do we have to go over the argument? x86, for the moment, is just as open as Windows 7. ARM is not, it's very locked down. Windows 8 as a whole consists of both versions, in that respect it's considered less open. The fear is that we're going to see ARM become the major OS (for various reasons, mostly tablets/phones/mobiles becoming more popular) and at that point there won't be an open Windows. That's the concern. Yes, it's a slippery slope argument, but it looks to be the direction we're headed in. And please, stop with the "then why did he release on iOS/Xbox" argument ad nauseam, it's an ecosystem which was locked down from the beginning, nothing is being "lost". This story has really embittered me, so I apologize if this is brash. But all the personal attacks I see on various websites against Notch are incredibly disheartening.

rbanffy 14y ago
My worry is that openness may die with this move, not to ARM per se, but to locked down ARM devices. Ubuntu and Android run just fine on the hardware Microsoft demands their OEMs to cripple (and yes, none of my Android devices is locked down). Microsoft is pushing towards a world they can enjoy without having to compete as much as they do now - they don't want to make software people love: they'd rather live with people having no option.
cooldeal 14y ago
The problem is that what Notch is saying is terribly unclear. Is he talking about the desktop game or about Windows RT? The two tweets are pretty ambiguous, and so it may seem to some that Notch is trying to cash in on the publicity with this while happily contributing to the death of the PC by selling the iPad version. Here's an excellent series of articles about the confusion that Notch needs to clear up. http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/09/28/notch-doesnt-hate-windows-8-hes-just-confused/ http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/09/28/notch-doesnt-hate-wi...

rbanffy 14y ago

My worry is that openness may die with this move, not to ARM per se, but to locked down ARM devices. Ubuntu and Android run just fine on the hardware Microsoft demands their OEMs to cripple (and yes, none of my Android devices is locked down). Microsoft is pushing towards a world they can enjoy without having to compete as much as they do now - they don't want to make software people love: they'd rather live with people having no option.

cooldeal 14y ago

The problem is that what Notch is saying is terribly unclear. Is he talking about the desktop game or about Windows RT? The two tweets are pretty ambiguous, and so it may seem to some that Notch is trying to cash in on the publicity with this while happily contributing to the death of the PC by selling the iPad version. Here's an excellent series of articles about the confusion that Notch needs to clear up. http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/09/28/notch-doesnt-hate-windows-8-hes-just-confused/ http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/09/28/notch-doesnt-hate-wi...