Here's probably the best article on this that I have come across so far:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/windows-8-for-software-developers-the-longhorn-dream-reborn.ars/2 Somehow it manages to make sense of all the contradictions in other reports/write-ups/opinion pieces. Perhaps The Grand Unified Theory of //build/ if you will. :) > On 19 September 2011 12:02, David Brennan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I read this blog post on the Embarcadero blog feed:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> http://blogs.remobjects.com/blogs/mh/2011/09/17/p3168**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Interesting, not least because Marc has a go at traditional Win32 >> development tools and then clarifies in the comments that he does indeed >> count Delphi. He takes the view that you should use native tools for each >> platform. This is interesting because I would have thought he’s pushing his >> luck saying this on the Embarcadero blog and it also runs counter to their >> new product to compile Oxygene to Java I would have thought.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Anyway, the real core of the blog post was about Windows 8 and the major >> changes Microsoft are making, changes which at this stage appear to cut out >> native Win32 style development. Sounds like Win32 apps will still be usable >> in Desktop mode on Intel CPUs but potentially nowhere else. I noticed on >> another Embarcadero blog someone saying that Embarcadero will be supporting >> Windows 8 with Delphi but they aren’t sure exactly how (eg VCL, Firemonkey, >> both?). **** >> >> ** ** >> >> One comment Marc Hoffman made was that Microsoft are exposing the XAML UI >> to C++ so that is Microsofts path for doing non managed development. I >> wonder if Embarcadero will try to do the same with CBuilder and Delphi and I >> wonder how much Microsoft would cooperate? And if you did try to expose it >> is that a third Delphi UI option or does VCL or Firemonkey map to it?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Anyone else heard anything interesting about Windows 8 and how it affects >> native development?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers,**** >> >> David.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >> Subject: unsubscribe >> > >
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