XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:39:02 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
      
   > Actually Windows on Arm is just fine. I run it every day. The problem is   
   > STILL that lots of business-critical stuff has not been recompiled for   
   > Arm. So it either runs slowly in emulation or not at all, depending on   
   > how badly it was written.   
   >   
   > Hard to blame MS for that. Hell, there are businesses STILL running old   
   > DOS stuff and 16 bit Windows stuff.   
      
   The history doesn't help. Windows RT left a bad taste. I don't use it and   
   am pulling a name out of the air but Quciken gets mentioned as a problem   
   with moving to Linux.   
      
   Intuit, or whoever owns it now, already had the  experience of developing   
   incompatible versions for Windows and Mac and should have corporate   
   memories of the pain involved. Microsoft's first Arm attempt, RT, had the   
   lifespan of a mayfly. Now they're trying again. I think the exclusive   
   contract expired so now there may be other offerings but it isn't exactly   
   making headlines.   
      
   They would understandably be reluctant to do another port until they see   
   if Windows on Arm has legs this time. Hopefully they do a better job of   
   explaining that WoA isn't WoX64 this time so someone who loves Quicken   
   realizes there isn't a native Arm version and it may run poorly or not at   
   all in the emulator, so they aren't going to buy a Arm notebook. The   
   Qucken people track the Arm sales and see they're soft which lessens the   
   enthusiasm.   
      
   Chicken and egg, and Microsoft has been burned by it before with the phone   
   and RT.   
      
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