XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-8, alt.windows7.general   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Sailfish  wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
     They could only pull that off, if they completely seperate private/   
   personal/consumer/ users from business (etc.) users, as   
   there's no way they could afford to lose the income from the latter   
   part. (Not that they can afford to lose (most of) the former.)   
      
     Meantime, this article is brought to you, courtesy of 18+ year old   
   software, still running fine.   
      
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