Windows 8 makes Microsoft global developers worry

Earlier, Microsoft unveiled an early technical preview of Windows 8, with a new look, a touch-friendly interface, and a web-friendly application system that left a deep impression. But for the mature and huge Microsoft development community, this new system undoubtedly cast a blockbuster on them, and the news quickly caught the attention of Windows programmers.

For Windows developers, most of them spend a lot of energy and money on Microsoft's platform to learn such as Win32, COM components, .NET framework, Silverlight and WPF, etc. They have long expertise For decades, the current state of heavy use of HTML5 and JavaScript by Microsoft Windows 8 has made it take time for them to re-adapt to the latest technology, which is very frustrating.

For Microsoft, converting to HTML5 and JavaScript will mean that they have to abandon the powerful Windows framework, Visual Studio development environment and resources that have accumulated over decades, under a rudimentary tool and system architecture. Restart the stove.

Maybe Microsoft needs to discuss this issue to calm developers' legitimate reasons for fear of losing confidence in the Windows platform.