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Re:Visual Studio for Mac by flukus on Thursday May 11, 2017 @12:49AM (#14313890)
UWP doesn't allow enough system access to ever be the future of Windows. At best it's the future of a locked down toy version of windows.
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Re:Visual Studio for Mac by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @11:19AM (#14316655)
> UWP doesn't allow enough system access to ever be the future of Windows.

That's kind of the point. Most apps don't need unfettered system access and many (most?) app authors aren't capable of writing an app that's secure anyway; one of the biggest attack vectors today is through apps.

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Re:Visual Studio for Mac by flukus on Thursday May 11, 2017 @05:51PM (#14319831)
UWP won't replace win32 until it can handle all apps, not just most apps.
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