Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Nov 29 01:22:40 CST 2011
I would concur...I would consider myself a Windows fan but I have to also be practical. If Windows is widely and heartily adopted then it will get more of my attention...but at this moment, odds do not look good. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:22 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 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 Sent from my iPhone 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 >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com