I'd been wanting to build Windows apps and had been working on one for the past 6 months. I happened to be invited to a MS event for Windows 8 and as excited as I was to be there, I was disappointed to learning that "Metro-style" apps can't be published elsewhere, it has to be from the Windows Store(sic), and with MS handling sales, updates, etc.
What then, is the benefit of an entirely new OS, with a new feature - Metro(the AppBar, charms, dashboard, etc), if you're going to force developers to use your own AppStore? I wouldn't mind giving a cut of my profits to MS, but I wouldn't want to be on their mercy for updates, sales, etc. And if anyone didn't notice, this is the desktop PC we're talking about. I'm not interested in Tablets or other stuff for which my application is clearly not aimed at(neither designed for).
I think Microsoft is aiming to get more applications for its Tablet devices, and in doing so it'll destroy the only remaining MS product that has a huge market share - the desktop PC.
Nokia was once at the same enviable position where MS was, and we all know how that ended.
More likely they expect to get a large market share for free, from name recognition alone. Try convincing a 50-year-old who has owned nothing but Windows PCs for 25 years that a new Windows 8 (or 9) PC is not what they need.
What then, is the benefit of an entirely new OS, with a new feature - Metro(the AppBar, charms, dashboard, etc), if you're going to force developers to use your own AppStore? I wouldn't mind giving a cut of my profits to MS, but I wouldn't want to be on their mercy for updates, sales, etc. And if anyone didn't notice, this is the desktop PC we're talking about. I'm not interested in Tablets or other stuff for which my application is clearly not aimed at(neither designed for).
I think Microsoft is aiming to get more applications for its Tablet devices, and in doing so it'll destroy the only remaining MS product that has a huge market share - the desktop PC.
Nokia was once at the same enviable position where MS was, and we all know how that ended.
Viva la Linux!