No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8

Jesús Corrius <jcorrius -AT- documentfoundation.org>

Wed, 30 May 2012 10:34:20 +0200

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 <jcorrius@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

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No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 · Jesús Corrius

Re: No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 · Gábor Stefanik

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