>Your first link from a year ago discusses how tablet apps on Windows RT - the ARM version of Win8 - will be restricted. Yes, that is old news. This statement that Metro apps on the flagship desktop version of Win 8 will also be restricted is news to me
Are we reading the same article here? That article explicitly states that Windows 8 Metro apps will be Store only. I hate to quote half the article but here it is:
>However, the company is creating a separate sets of rules for its “Metro-style” apps — apps that are optimized for touch screen devices but able to run on any Windows 8 machine.
>Microsoft is restricting the general distribution of Metro tablet apps — meaning all Metro apps must be downloaded through the new Windows Store. The only ones who get a pass on this restriction are developers and enterprise customers.
>The distribution of traditional desktop applications will remain the same, according to Microsoft.
>The move to force distribution of Metro apps through the Windows store is similar to Apple’s treatment of iPhone and iPad apps
Where is Windows RT or ARM even mentioned here?
>Microsoft is not doing this out of concern for the safety of their customers but rather to increase their own profits and control. But for PR and anti-trust-avoidance purposes, they will sell the loss of freedom as an increase in safety. It's the same bogus argument that overreaching governments use.
Citation needed. Anyway, this argument has gone moot in the discussions over the iOS app store. The bird has already flown and Apple can't keep its iOS devices in stock. That argument is a day late and a dollar short.
"Microsoft will adopt a familiar Apple policy for the tablet applications on its new Windows 8 operating system. Microsoft’s Windows 8 is the latest operating system to adopt a walled-garden approach to mobile app sales.... Microsoft is restricting the general distribution of Metro tablet apps"
It's easy to read "tablet" and "mobile" in this context as "Windows RT" especially given the up-front comparison to iOS.
"Citation needed."
Sorry, I don't have any smoking gun emails from Ballmer, just years of observation and common sense. If you want to attribute Microsoft's motives to pure altruism you're free to do so.
>Sorry, I don't have any smoking gun emails from Ballmer, just years of observation and common sense. If you want to attribute Microsoft's motives to pure altruism you're free to do so.
No, I was just wondering if a store or OS can be kept free of malware etc. without needing all those certification rules and fees.
Are we reading the same article here? That article explicitly states that Windows 8 Metro apps will be Store only. I hate to quote half the article but here it is:
>However, the company is creating a separate sets of rules for its “Metro-style” apps — apps that are optimized for touch screen devices but able to run on any Windows 8 machine.
>Microsoft is restricting the general distribution of Metro tablet apps — meaning all Metro apps must be downloaded through the new Windows Store. The only ones who get a pass on this restriction are developers and enterprise customers.
>The distribution of traditional desktop applications will remain the same, according to Microsoft.
>The move to force distribution of Metro apps through the Windows store is similar to Apple’s treatment of iPhone and iPad apps
Where is Windows RT or ARM even mentioned here?
>Microsoft is not doing this out of concern for the safety of their customers but rather to increase their own profits and control. But for PR and anti-trust-avoidance purposes, they will sell the loss of freedom as an increase in safety. It's the same bogus argument that overreaching governments use.
Citation needed. Anyway, this argument has gone moot in the discussions over the iOS app store. The bird has already flown and Apple can't keep its iOS devices in stock. That argument is a day late and a dollar short.