can we vote on where to apply the tar, feathers and fence rail? I was thinking to use the fence rail to pack the tar and feathers where his head usually is.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Charles Shapiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Looks like the choice for open and free smartphones is gonna be<br>
Android and . . . Android. Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky ( prez of<br>
Microsoft's Windows division,<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sinofsky" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sinofsky</a> ), has this to say about<br>
Windows on smartphones (aka Windows 8 on ARM, or WOA ):<br>
<br>
WOA does not support running, emulating, or porting existing x86/64<br>
desktop apps. Code that uses only system or OS services from WinRT can<br>
be used within an app and distributed through the Windows Store for<br>
both WOA and x86/64. Consumers obtain all [WOA] software, including<br>
device drivers, through the Windows Store and Microsoft Update or<br>
Windows Update.<br>
<br>
In short, if you want to develop or run your own software on your own<br>
portable device, Android is It. IOS or Winders won't do. Further, if<br>
you want to develop an application which runs on both a Windows device<br>
and a Windows smartphone, you're going to have to use the Microsoft<br>
delivery system to distribute it. No in-house repositories or distro<br>
methods allowed!<br>
<br>
I for one welcome our new Steve Ballmer overlords. With tar,<br>
feathers, and a fence rail.<br>
<br>
-- CHS<br>
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