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Microsoft Knows Windows is Obsolete.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: 5, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Thursday May 11 2017, @07:41PM (1 child)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Thursday May 11 2017, @07:41PM (#508273) Journal

    You're fooling yourself. IT departments have this little problem of inertia called software. We can all think we have absolute control over our networks but the software which does the actual work dictates the platform. I'd love to switch my shop to linux, BUT: our ERP is windows only, CAD software windows only, and machine specific software windows only. Not to mention the fact that everyone NEEDS office because that fucking salesforce plugin for outlook is absolutely necessary.

    We can pretend we can shed the chains of MS but the inertia behind the platform is so great that it's cheaper and easier to bend over for redmond. The golden age of computing is dead and the open computer platform in its death throes. I weep for our children. "Dad is it true you were once allowed to run any computer program you wanted to and freely create your own?" "Yes, my son. The good ol days they were. Compilers as far as the eye could see."

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:42AM (#508500)

    "What are you talking about? I can still run any software I want. I just go into the store, pick something I like, and click install?"