[AccessD] Windows 8

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-----
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> [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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