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Why Windows embracing Android and iOS is a bad idea

5 points by tanglesome 11y ago

marvel_boy 11y ago
Is it any wonder that mobile software companies, such as Kabam, have already abandoned Windows? I don't think so. So true.
orionblastar 11y ago
IBM did this with OS/2 2.0 and WINOS2, it was able to run DOS and 16 bit Windows apps inside of OS/2 2.0 and it did a great job. OS/2 2.0 was hailed as a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows. That is until Microsoft made Windows NT and 32 bit Windows applications and later Windows 95. OS/2 failed to get developers to support native mode as they could just write DOS and 16 bit Windows programs and they would run on OS/2. Meanwhile Microsoft made development tools for Windows and Borland made them as well that made development for 32 bit Windows in Visual Studio or Borland Delphi a lot easier. Blackberry has added the Amazon app store and the ability to run Android apps on modern Blackberry phones. They had to because few would develop for their platform. I went to see a movie with friends, the Regal cinema, before the movie they had an ad that said to download the Regal movie app for Android and iOS. A friend yelled at the screen "Why not for Windows Phone as well?" It seems most developers target iOS and Android but hardly ever Windows Phone. Microsoft should be sharing information with third parties and open source groups to make better and easier development tools for Windows Phone and the Windows Universal apps. A developer should be able to use free and open source development tools to write apps for Windows Phone and Windows Universal apps instead of having to use Visual Studio. So now Microsoft is changing Visual Studio to convert Android and iOS code to Windows Phone. Microsoft doesn't get it yet that not every developer is going to use their Visual Studio and you got a lot of developers using Linux or Mac OSX to write code that want to use the development tools they are already experienced with without having to learn a new tool. Edit: fixed a typo and added more detail on the fall of OS/2.

5 points by tanglesome 11y ago

Is it any wonder that mobile software companies, such as Kabam, have already abandoned Windows? I don't think so. So true.

orionblastar 11y ago

IBM did this with OS/2 2.0 and WINOS2, it was able to run DOS and 16 bit Windows apps inside of OS/2 2.0 and it did a great job. OS/2 2.0 was hailed as a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows. That is until Microsoft made Windows NT and 32 bit Windows applications and later Windows 95. OS/2 failed to get developers to support native mode as they could just write DOS and 16 bit Windows programs and they would run on OS/2. Meanwhile Microsoft made development tools for Windows and Borland made them as well that made development for 32 bit Windows in Visual Studio or Borland Delphi a lot easier. Blackberry has added the Amazon app store and the ability to run Android apps on modern Blackberry phones. They had to because few would develop for their platform. I went to see a movie with friends, the Regal cinema, before the movie they had an ad that said to download the Regal movie app for Android and iOS. A friend yelled at the screen "Why not for Windows Phone as well?" It seems most developers target iOS and Android but hardly ever Windows Phone. Microsoft should be sharing information with third parties and open source groups to make better and easier development tools for Windows Phone and the Windows Universal apps. A developer should be able to use free and open source development tools to write apps for Windows Phone and Windows Universal apps instead of having to use Visual Studio. So now Microsoft is changing Visual Studio to convert Android and iOS code to Windows Phone. Microsoft doesn't get it yet that not every developer is going to use their Visual Studio and you got a lot of developers using Linux or Mac OSX to write code that want to use the development tools they are already experienced with without having to learn a new tool. Edit: fixed a typo and added more detail on the fall of OS/2.