You don't have to use Metro, but Microsoft was kind of betting on Metro being the future. Many have said — correctly so, I think — that Microsoft wanted to depr

You don't have to use Metro, but Microsoft was kind of betting on Metro being the future. Many have said — correctly so, I think — that Microsoft wanted to deprecate the Desktop in an MS-DOS kind of way, at least over the course of a few years. From what I've seen, many of the newest APIs require Metro, while the Desktop remains mostly as it has been in Vista. Meanwhile, OSX is adding tons of new features for devs of all varieties with every new release, including features centered around security and power use. Yeah, I meant "open deployment", sorry. I don't think there's an official way to develop for Metro outside the MS app store, right?