Windows is the new Linux

**neu5eeCh** · April 6th, 2012

[MS] is even going so far as to finance the development of Windows Phone versions of well-known apps — something that app makers estimate would otherwise cost them anywhere from $60,000 to $600,000

This is the story (if you haven't used up your 10 free stories at NYTimes):

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/te...k.html?_r=1&hp

The story is grimly satisfying.Talk about roll reversal. Get a load of these quotes:

But the hundreds of thousands of apps that run on Apple and Android devices will not work on phones like the Lumia 900 that use Microsoft’s Windows Phone software. And many developers are reluctant to funnel time and money into an app for what is still a small and unproved market.

Or:

"Ben Huh, chief executive of the Cheezburger Network, a collection of humor and entertainment sites, said Microsoft’s market share was too small to warrant in-house development of a Windows Phone app."

Or:

"Often Microsoft’s problem is not outright refusal by a developer, but more that its platform is simply not a priority."

Or:

“We’re starting to get requests from firms that want a Windows Phone app,” he said. “It’s still only 5 to 10 percent of our total requests..."

Karma. It's real. Don't mess with it.

**beanhead** · April 6th, 2012

Very Nice !
Linux phones rule and tablets.
Maybe some day the desktop war will be won !

**Copper Bezel** · April 6th, 2012

Guys, seriously, this will change immediately with Windows 8's launch. All of a sudden, the Windows mobile platform will be ubiquitous. We'll find out later on whether sacrificing their desktop platform for the mobile one was a good idea, but making fun of Phone 7's problems could turn out to be bad karma for us later on. = /

**Lucradia** · April 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by Copper Bezel

Guys, seriously, this will change immediately with Windows 8's launch. All of a sudden, the Windows mobile platform will be ubiquitous. We'll find out later on whether sacrificing their desktop platform for the mobile one was a good idea, but making fun of Phone 7's problems could turn out to be bad karma for us later on. = /

x86 / x64 apps won't work on ARM though. Windows 8 will have ARM compatibility (and that's what Microsoft wants Windows 8 on primarily anyway) but not most of the applications. I can't see game makers (Bethesda, Valve, etc.) at all willing to switch to ARM.

**whatthefunk** · April 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by Copper Bezel

Guys, seriously, this will change immediately with Windows 8's launch. All of a sudden, the Windows mobile platform will be ubiquitous. We'll find out later on whether sacrificing their desktop platform for the mobile one was a good idea, but making fun of Phone 7's problems could turn out to be bad karma for us later on. = /

I dont think Win 8 is going to change that much. Its looking like a disaster so far and few people are going to run out and buy a new phone simply because it has Windows 8 on it.

**3rdalbum** · April 6th, 2012

I don't believe Cheezburger has an app for Android either. Not an official one at least. I use Bestdem to browse Cheezburger sites on my mobile.

**wolfen69** · April 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by beanhead

Very Nice !
Linux phones rule and tablets.
Maybe some day the desktop war will be won !

The desktop as we know it will be dead soon. Pretty soon, people will carry around mobile computers (think advanced smartphones) that can dock with any large screen or project onto a wall and have computing capabilities similar to our desktops of today. Believe it or not, these devices are appearing already.

So I guess in a roundabout way, the linux "desktop" could take over if android continues to dominate in the cell phone/tablet arena. I think window sealed its fate by not endearing themselves to the mobile public/market.

It took me a while to come to terms with it, but mobile/docking computing is the way of the future, and android will lead the way. MS dropped the ball.

**zombifier25** · April 6th, 2012

LOL in the not-so-distant future we may see people carrying their Android phones, put them in a dock and voila! a functional Ubuntu desktop

That's just my fantasy though.

**wolfen69** · April 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by Copper Bezel

the Windows mobile platform will be ubiquitous.

I would bet my life that this will not happen. Android is entrenched as THE mobile solution for most people. Even a lot of iphone users are starting to switch to android once they get a taste of it. Staunch windows users will admit android is the way to go mobile. Go to any android forum, and 99% of the posters are windows users who will defend android to the death.