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   From: NIXCAPSsailfish@NIXCAPSunforgettable.com   
      
   Frank Slootweg graced us with on 6/18/2021 11:15 AM:   
   > [Stripped alt.comp.microsoft.windows. Too many groups.]   
   >   
   > In alt.comp.os.windows-8 Sailfish    
   wrote:   
   >> Chris graced us with on 6/18/2021 5:57 AM:   
   >>> On 17/06/2021 19:04, Sailfish wrote:   
   >>>> Eric Stevens graced us with on 6/16/2021 5:04 PM:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:30:00 +0000, ? Good Guy ?   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Is that all? Who thinks that's worth waiting for?   
   >>>> So far, it appears to be mostly the GUI, with the underlying   
   >>>> apps/programs/control panel applets/ &c still being an unglodly mix of   
   >>>> Win10+Win8+Win7, ..., XP   
   >>> Did you expect anything else?   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >   I don't think the latter is tecnically possible, unless they   
   > completely re-design the OS. After all, "sideloading of non-Windows   
   > Store software" involves just a bunch of files (.exe, .dll, etc.) and   
   > some installation procedure/script/tool/, if any.   
   >   
   >   What are they going to do? Prevent people to download files and put   
   > them in the appropriate folders (Program Files, ProgramData, etc.)? I   
   > don't think so.   
      
   Well, since those and other filetypes are Microsoft-imagined, they could   
   simply re-imagine another set of executable filetype and "legacy" the   
   pre-Win11 ones, no? Windows executable aren't standalone and their   
   mime-type is first confirmed by the OS, yes?   
      
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