17th February 2012, 7:27 PM
.Net was a great tool, but the biggest problem with it was that in the end it was a layer on top of the low level minicore. The new core of Windows 8 is intended to have the expanded capabilities of .Net built right in, which should be a lot more efficient in the long run. It's a learning curve, but fact is, that's the tech world in a nut shell, one eternal learning curve and then you die.
Also, COM had to go. That thing was even longer in the tooth than the NT minicore.
The plus side of this is that all .NET code will still run in Windows 8. They just will be ending support for it, so developers can still make stuff for it, but for newer features, they'll all need to be learning a new set of skills.
Also, COM had to go. That thing was even longer in the tooth than the NT minicore.
The plus side of this is that all .NET code will still run in Windows 8. They just will be ending support for it, so developers can still make stuff for it, but for newer features, they'll all need to be learning a new set of skills.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)