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Re:MS Paint is here to stay by basch on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @11:49AM (#14848661)
this is a key people are ignoring. by moving the win32 mspaint from a native file on the filesystem to app-v/Centennial, it will be able to run on non-x86 hardware with emulation. in two years if Windows 10 S and Qualcomm dominate, having legacy apps available in the store will be a bonus not a burden. it will be similar to the OSX/Rosetta days.
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Re:MS Paint is here to stay by asveikau on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @11:55AM (#14848708)
This is an artificial disinction made only by their confusing policy. There is no technical reason that Store has to be a gateway for emulating x86.

And I am pretty sure for Windows RT they just compiled mspaint.exe for ARM.

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