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   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: NIXCAPSsailfish@NIXCAPSunforgettable.com   
      
   Frank Slootweg graced us with on 6/18/2021 12:48 PM:   
   > 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.   
      
   Who's to tell? Bill'em Gates salivates everyday when he see how enriched   
   Apple has become with their wall-garden approach. Apple successfully   
   separated their MacOS systems (non-walled garden) from the iOS   
   (walled-garden) ones. Microsoft could very well be trying to do the same   
   thing, again.   
      
   Multinationals seldom do anything that won't (in their minds) increase   
   market share AND quarterly revenues. I suspect Windows 11 (or whatever   
   they decide to call it) will be a move in that direction.   
      
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