XPost: alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.c   
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   XPost: alt.windows7.general, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Sailfish   
    wrote:   
      
   > > Windows hasn't fundamentally changed since Windows 7. It's all just a   
   > > skinning exercise so that the vendors can sell more hardware which   
   > > supports the 'new' windows.   
   >   
   > Actually, yes, and it still might happen since this is an early look-see   
   > at just the current GUI update direction and not the foundational   
   > changes. What I suspect is that they will make significant   
   > infrastructure changes that will put everything behind a pay wall, just   
   > like Apple, disallowing sideloading of non- Windows Store software.   
      
   apple doesn't disallow non-store software and has stated on many   
   occasions that they aren't going to do that.   
      
   on the other hand, microsoft tried that with windows 10s, but had to   
   backpedal and call it a 'mode' of win10.   
      
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