[dba-Tech] Win8

Microsoft has made Windows 8 so it will not work well with third party
products.

It seems that only MS applications will have direct access to the various
core functionality; all other third party apps will find themselves
sand-boxed. 

It was initially thought that only IE would run on the new platform. That is
not correct; it is just that other browsers will not be able to access any
of the host on even the most basic level so their performance will be
dramatically reduced. I guess IE has finally found an environment in which
it actually out performs any other browser.

The main problem is that this deficiency, will extend to all foreign
applications.

http://www.freelists.org/post/luajit/FYI-No-JIT-on-Windows-8-for-ARM

So finally, Microsoft has created a little preserve for itself where it will
have no competition. Given this situation and assuming it continues
linearly, I will predict that MS will be in serious condition in ten years
maybe less. (Of course Steve Ballmer, his proponents and his loopy ideas may
be dumped in the interim.)

Jim