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Re:Y Combinator is funding the future of spam in Windows by Shorel on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @11:24AM (#5060965)
> It's killing the platform and there's nothing Microsoft can do about it.

They could have made a real Windows Store instead of a WinRT-only store.

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Re:Y Combinator is funding the future of spam in Windows by tanzam75 on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @12:31PM (#5061451)
> They could have made a real Windows Store instead of a WinRT-only store.

And they didn't have to wait for Windows 8 to do it, either. Roll it out with Windows 7 SP2.

Microsoft is way too wedded to their multi-year release cycles.

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