Its legacy simply because no investment will be put into it. Windows XP is legacy even though I still see people inside a Fortune 500 company right now using at as a desktop OS.
Silverlight/WPF concepts and IP were consolidated and rehydrated into the Windows 8 XAML "runtime" so in a way Legacy would also imply that the vNext is the "new" and the older version are the old (just like Silverlight 2 is legacy vs Silverlight 4). The problem is Microsoft didn't understand what the notion of a "messaging framework" is in terms of Marketing and so they left that part out creating this whole conversation right now around Legacy true/false. Its also legacy because of the uncertainty in a lot of enterprise/companies around the "AS-IS" futures they've in turn suspended investment or looking to shift to a HTML5 deployment model or are open to new ideas around next bets. That's not to say a new project isnt created every 5secs in WPF/SL today... it's just not advertised and creates this whole "is it alive or isnt it" question. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]>wrote: > I don’t know why people keep calling stuff like WPF and Win32/64 > applications “old and legacy”. I still see people using WPF all the time, > so obviously it’s still got some spirit in it. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Arjang Assadi > *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 2:14 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?**** > > ** ** > > RT totally rocks, since I got it haven't put it down, it is just pure > awesome.**** > > It is light, app switching and screen splitting are so easy.**** > > **** > > Since I got one I cant remember a day I didn't have it in my hand, most of > times without the cover.**** > > **** > > I would like a Pro for alternative set of reasons, but RT will still be > lighter.**** > > **** > > Regards**** > > **** > > Arjang**** > > **** > > **** > > ** ** > > On 2 April 2013 10:49, James Chapman-Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hi Folks,**** > > **** > > I'm thinking about getting myself either a Surface RT or a Surface Pro (or > maybe some other alternative). Every time I think about it I convince > myself that one is better than the other but then the next time I flip.*** > * > > **** > > What are everyone's thoughts?**** > > **** > > Should I get a Surface RT or a Surface Pro? Should I get a surface at all? > How much memory should I get?**** > > **** > > I thank you for your well thought out ideas in advance.**** > > **** > > Cheers.**** > > **** > > James.**** > > ** ** >
