Unbelievable. Even Apple didn't dare to go this far with OS X 10.8, which is precisely about "iOS-inspired" enhancements!
I guess it's time to rebrand Microsoft's flagship product as wIndOwS. Or maybe iWindows. (And let's not even ention the rumors that RTM is coming late June or early July - with less than a year between the first alpha and RTM, that's even more of a rushjob than Windows Me was!) On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Jesús Corrius <jcorr...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8/ > > Some hightlights: > > "If you want to develop desktop applications—anything that runs at the > command line or on the conventional Windows desktop that remains a > fully supported, integral, essential part of Windows 8—you'll have two > options: stick with the current Visual C++ 2010 Express and Visual C# > 2010 Express products, or pay about $400-500 for Visual Studio 11 > Professional" > > "Visual Studio 11 Express will be able to produce HTML and JavaScript > websites, and nothing more." > > "Windows 8: the Windows SDK for windows 8 will not include a compiler > toolchain at all" > > The rules of the game are changing. > > -- > Jesús Corrius <jcorr...@documentfoundation.org> > Deputy of the Board of Directors > The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin,Germany > Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > _______________________________________________ > LibreOffice mailing list > LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
