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posted by on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can't-escape-your-legacy dept.

Citrix has launched an application specifically aimed at Windows 10 S, and thus published in the Windows Store, which makes it possible to run Win32 software even if it's not available in the Store.

Source: Softpedia

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by jmorris on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:28AM (9 children)

    by jmorris (4844) on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:28AM (#519740)

    As even the comments on the article note, this does nothing of the sort. It is just a VM viewer to look at apps running on Citrix hosted machines elsewhere.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:23AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:23AM (#519753)

      Everything is Cloud.

    • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:38AM (1 child)

      by butthurt (6141) on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:38AM (#519756) Journal

      The comments don't display for me, but apart from that I see it's just as you say. Thanks!

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrix_Receiver [wikipedia.org]

      • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Saturday June 03 2017, @08:21AM

        by jmorris (4844) on Saturday June 03 2017, @08:21AM (#519771)

        That is a growing problem, especially with noscript, ghostery, etc. running. These days even seeing the main content is getting spotty, though I find banning javascript from the principle site usually fixes that. Not the answer they expected, and I expect them to work around that soon enough. It truly is a war now.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @10:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @10:59AM (#519799)

      Of course. If it actually did this, it would stay in the Windows store exactly as long as it took for one of their customer support reps to hear about it, click the appropriate check box, and click "DELETE."

    • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:18PM (2 children)

      by Pino P (4721) on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:18PM (#519914) Journal

      Remote desktop to a VM won't work offline.

      Microsoft has promoted Windows 10 S to the education market. But AP Computer Science classes rely on access to a compiler, and compilers explicitly do not run on Windows 10 S. In theory, a school district issuing Windows 10 laptops to high school students could use this to make a compiler available to students taking AP Computer Science. But this means students will need Internet access, and not all students' parents subscribe to Internet access at home. I guess students could stay after school, complete all homework, and leave late, but I doubt that it's convenient for working parents to pick up students from school, especially if they're doing without home Internet access to make ends meet.

      • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:27PM (1 child)

        by jmorris (4844) on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:27PM (#519929)

        There may be a model AP class somewhere in Silicon Valley that compiles code, but I'd like to actually see it. And it would of course be Visual Basic in Visual Studio. These days if kids get exposed to JavaScript it is above average, and I'd settle for em actually spending time with Scratch.

        In fact I'd go so far as to say any school trying to get high school students using a compiler is probably doing it wrong unless they are so far advanced it is qualifying for college credits. Teach em concepts, teach em Python, don't bother with implementation details of a specific compiler toolset.

        • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday June 05 2017, @03:03PM

          by urza9814 (3954) on Monday June 05 2017, @03:03PM (#520771) Journal

          There may be a model AP class somewhere in Silicon Valley that compiles code, but I'd like to actually see it. And it would of course be Visual Basic in Visual Studio. These days if kids get exposed to JavaScript it is above average, and I'd settle for em actually spending time with Scratch.

          In fact I'd go so far as to say any school trying to get high school students using a compiler is probably doing it wrong unless they are so far advanced it is qualifying for college credits. Teach em concepts, teach em Python, don't bother with implementation details of a specific compiler toolset.

          Seems like you are extremely confused about what an "AP class" is and what they're teaching in highschools these days. First of all, there's no "so far advanced it is qualifying for college credits" when you talk about AP classes -- because that is pretty much the definition of an AP class. "AP" doesn't just mean above grade level, it's a registered tradmark of the College Board which refers to a specific program of classes intended to provide college credit.

          Secondly, these AP computer science classes MUST be taught in Java and therefore MUST use a compiler. There's no alternative if you want to call it "AP". Certainly not Visual Basic. There are multiple levels of AP computer science classes but the goals of the lowest level course includes:

          Students should be able to:
          • design, implement, and analyze solutions to problems.
          • use and implement commonly used algorithms.
          • use standard data structures.
          • develop and select appropriate algorithms and data structures to solve new problems.
          • write solutions fluently in an object-oriented paradigm.
          write, run, test, and debug solutions in the Java programming language, utilizing standard Java library classes and interfaces from the AP Java subset.
          • read and understand programs consisting of several classes and interacting objects.
          • read and understand a description of the design and development process leading to such a program. (Examples of such solutions can be found in the AP Computer Science Labs.)
          • understand the ethical and social implications of computer use.

            - http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-computer-science-a-course-description.pdf [collegeboard.com]

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:39AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:39AM (#519757)

    My cock just grew 10 inches. Oh yeah! Oh yeah! I'm not Micro! I'm not Soft!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @11:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @11:59AM (#519815)

      Shame you are not on the farm.

      Cocks don't do anything but fertilize the hen. Don't need any more than one or two of 'em.

      Noisy things, too. On the farm, that's not a big thing, but it will make for lots of complaints in a suburban neighborhood.

      A big cock will make a filling dinner. Southern Fried Chicken.... Yum!

      Oh, yours? Lemme see if the cat's hungry. Not enough there to heat the oil up for. Otherwise, flip it over the fence there,,, the hawgs will eat anything.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @04:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @04:05PM (#519893)

    you can take your windows shit to the register.

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