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Fun. :) Nitpick: it says the "FOSS that you use", not the "pre-existing FOSS that you use". Your new code could be the one you use too ;) Anyway, my opinion i
by jbk 14y ago
Fun. :)
Nitpick: it says the "FOSS that you use", not the "pre-existing FOSS that you use". Your new code could be the one you use too ;)
Anyway, my opinion is that Microsoft did some work to not exclude FOSS, a contrario from Apple.
- Evbn 14y agoThe relevant issue is sideloading and proprietary compilation. iOS falls down because it is impossible for a user to build an app from source and install an app on a vendor-approved machine.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoAs far as I can make out, as long as you have the debug tools and a 'developer license' (just need a MS ID, no fee), you can install arbitrary un-approved Metro apps on WinRT/8. Compilation still has to happen on an x86 machine (no MSVS on ARM; csc is actually on the WinRT image but missing DLLs); it's not great but still somewhat better than the iOS situation.