[AccessD] Windows 8

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon Nov 28 17:22:13 CST 2011


Not to be a nay-sayer, but my two cents: if Facebook is planning to release a phone and Blackberry is dying, it suggests to me that the overall market is already saturated and that WP7 is dead on arrival. Maybe Microsoft will be able to capture a few percent. It would seem to me that developing outside the Android and iPhone platforms is a big risk to take, unless you have a very niche market?

- Hans

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On 2011-11-28, at 1:45 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:

> At this stage Windows 8 is two different OSs as far as developers are concerned:
> 
> 1. Desktop Windows
> 2. Tablet Windows
> 
> You will  need to develop for one of the other.
> They use  different UI paradigms
> They use  different APIs
> They use different development tools.
> 
> They will frequently run on different processors  - dekstop native code will not be 
> cross-compatible - so if you build a complied to run on an Intel desktop, it will not run on an 
> ARM tablet 
> 
> Note that every one of the listed things is about tablets and "uers apps".
> 
> I don't see business-centric, data intensive applications running on a metro interface or a 
> tablet for a long time to come.   With Windows 8 in a business environment, users will switch 
> on, log in, click oon the Desktop Icon and then function the way they do now.  They only part 
> of Metro they will see on this work PC will be the logon screen.
> 
> It may be the next great thing if developers and users go for it and it makes huge inroads in 
> the mobile market.  
> 
> Or it may be the death knell for Microsoft as an OS selller - You could be looking at a 
> massive shift to Android/Linux in the next few years if it doesn't go down well in the 
> marketplace.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stuart
> 
> On 28 Nov 2011 at 8:05, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> 
>> Will we be able to deploy an access app on a tablet?
>> 
>> R
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 7:56 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8
>> 
>> For one thing it means that I have to consider actually moving to Windows8
>> in a few years.
>> 
>> 
>> John W. Colby
>> Colby Consulting
>> 
>> Reality is what refuses to go away
>> when you do not believe in it
>> 
>> On 11/28/2011 9:51 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-to-love-about-wind
>>> ows-8/
>>> 2862?tag=nl.e101
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