Re: Windows-on-ARM Laptop Is A “Frequently-Returned Item” On Amazon

On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 06:20:45 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Somehow they managed to sell those transitions to their user and
developer base as steps forward. Microsoft has failed to do the same.

I've never worked with Apple devices so I don't know how their development
cycle is. Microsoft developers have had a few too many instances of
bait'n'switch to be eager to jump on the latest bandwagon. Silverlight is
one example. UWP is more recent.  Develop your app and it will run on
Windows 10, 11, Windows Mobile (the ill-fated hone) XBox, Hololens, and
everywhere! They tried to take a page from Apple and UWP apps would only
be distributed through Windows Store. It was deprecated in 2021.

MAUI was the heir. If it sucks, call it something else and hope nobody
notices. It has Xamarin DNA. It might help if they ate their own dogfood
instead of using Electron for VS Code and other projects.

Meanwhile, they've been trying to drive a stake through Winforms heart for
years with very little success. WPF is headed for the nursing home.
Blazor? Maybe.

You never know when MS will go off chasing the latest squirrel.