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Actually, a lot of what you see in Windows 10 is running on top of UWP.
Some of the UI apps perhaps, but if you ripped out win32, I don't think you'd have a very usable machine left to log on to?
Non-sandboxed applications and services are not a sustainable strategy anymore.
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You mean programs?
No, I mean apps. I'm just as lazy as anybody else, and I don't see a need to use an older word with an extra syllable and a bunch of baggage just to show off that I was using computers before the iPhone came out. If they were distributed as .programx files instead of .appx files, maybe you'd have a point.
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Yes. Windows Shell, Xbox, Office, Skype, HoloLens, etc. are all using UWP.
Windows Explorer is not UWP. The Office version you get with Office 365 ("Desktop Office"), the one, businesses use, is certainly not UWP. Skype UWP is a preview announced a few days ago. "Are all using UWP"? No. They are in a transition of moving to UWP, but every serious business application is Win32.
It's a hybrid: start menu, action centre and some other elements are UWP's XAML frames now.
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You can distribute universal Windows apps outside the Windows Store.
If your customers check a setting called “side-loading” in "Updates & Security" under "For developers" with a fairly scary warning, then yes you can sell outside the Windows Store.
What ever happened to programs? Was there something about that word that terribly offended people? Too hard to type out? Is 'app' soon going to be replaced by some kind of pictogram? Enquiring minds want to know.
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App implies microsoft gets a monopoly on control and distribution (as well as revocation), ie app store, ie walled garden. It also implies you should expect it to not be open source, and you should expect to pay at least $0.99 for it.
You can distribute universal Windows apps outside the Windows Store.
What ever happened to programs? Was there something about that word that terribly offended people? Too hard to type out? Is 'app' soon going to be replaced by some kind of pictogram? Enquiring minds want to know.
(disclaimer, I'm a Microsoft employee and this is only my opinion). There's an important distinction which often don't see discussed when this topic comes up: It can be very dangerous to install a program on your machine, but an 'app' comes with some assurance. People often think of the app store as a method for MS to grab your money, but in my opinion it fixes many of the installation/deployment problems that have e…
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No, I mean apps. I'm just as lazy as anybody else, and I don't see a need to use an older word with an extra syllable and a bunch of baggage just to show off that I was using computers before the iPhone came out. If they were distributed as .programx files instead of .appx files, maybe you'd have a point.
So when the IPhone came out, the word 'program' was changed to 'app'?
Source: I was around then ;)
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If your customers check a setting called “side-loading” in "Updates & Security" under "For developers" with a fairly scary warning, then yes you can sell outside the Windows Store.
Nope. Now you can double-click the appx file. Demonstrated on Build keynote.