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   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.   
   > >>>   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   
      
   bill gates is long gone, as is steve ballmer.   
      
   satya nadella runs the show now.   
      
   > Apple has become with their wall-garden approach.   
      
   the only walls are the ones people put up on their own.   
      
   > Apple successfully   
   > separated their MacOS systems (non-walled garden) from the iOS   
   > (walled-garden) ones.   
      
   they're different devices, designed in different eras and with   
   different design goals.   
      
   ios took lessons from the problems in mac os and windows and other   
   devices over the last 40ish years.   
      
   also, mobile devices have a lot more personal data on them, making them   
   a *much* higher value target.   
      
   > Microsoft could very well be trying to do the same   
   > thing, again.   
      
   that would break shitloads of software.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   they have a fiduciary obligation to their shareholders.   
      
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