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Microsoft Knows Windows is Obsolete. Here's a Sneak Peek at Its Replacement.

posted by martyb on Thursday May 11 2017, @12:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-security-issue? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Microsoft's only choice to move forward is to throw the Win32 baby out with the bathwater. And that brings us to the introduction of Windows 10 S.

Windows 10 S is just like the Windows 10 you use now, but the main difference is it can only run apps that have been whitelisted to run in the Windows Store. That means, by and large, existing Win32-based stuff cannot run in Windows 10 S for security reasons.

To bridge the app gap, Microsoft is allowing certain kinds of desktop apps to be "packaged" for use in the Windows Store through a tooling process known as Desktop Bridge or Project Centennial.

The good news is that with Project Centennial, many Desktop Win32 apps can be re-purposed and packaged to take advantage of Windows 10's improved security. However, there are apps that will inevitably be left behind because they violate the sandboxing rules that are needed to make the technology work in a secure fashion.

"A casualty of those sandboxing rules is Google's Chrome browser. For security reasons, Microsoft is not permitting desktop browsers to be ported to the Store."

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 11 2017, @01:08PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 11 2017, @01:08PM (#508059)

    It amazes me that Microsoft could make a browser worse than Internet Explorer, and an operating worse than Windows 10. Anyone that can should get off Microsoft products as soon as possible.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 11 2017, @02:00PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 11 2017, @02:00PM (#508086)

    It'll always run Dban Boot-And-Nuke... The best cure for Windows.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by tangomargarine on Thursday May 11 2017, @03:57PM (1 child)

      by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday May 11 2017, @03:57PM (#508143)

      DBAN stands for Darik's Boot and Nuke. Saying "DBAN Boot and Nuke" is like saying ATM machine.

      --
      "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"

      • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday May 11 2017, @08:18PM

        by LoRdTAW (3755) on Thursday May 11 2017, @08:18PM (#508294) Journal

        Similar to how the NT in Windows NT stood for "new technology" yet the boot screen of Windows 2000 read "Built on NT Technology."

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Thursday May 11 2017, @03:21PM (1 child)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 11 2017, @03:21PM (#508115) Journal

    I also like that they're intentionally killing my main reason to use windows at home now:

    My steam library.

    • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday May 11 2017, @03:35PM

      by Nerdfest (80) on Thursday May 11 2017, @03:35PM (#508127)

      Check back to my posts from when Windows 8 was released ... saw this coming then. Steam seemed to get it as well, but they haven't pushed Steam OS as an actual desktop OS as much as they should have. Maybe now they will. They're effectively at Microsoft's mercy until they do.