Windows Build/Windows 8: My Impressions – Change is a good thing | John Petersen

Windows Build/Windows 8: My Impressions – Change is a good thing | John Petersen

If you have embraced XAML, there is something for you in Windows 8. If you have embraced js/css/html/jquery etc – there is something for you in Windows 8. The deal is this, if you are going to tie what you do to the specific implementation of a specific version of a closed source/vendor controlled product (which Windows is) – you are not allowed to bitch about it. There, I said it. It’s like the folks that complain about how a given piece of OSS works. Submit a patch if you don’t like it. If you don’t submit a patch, you don’t get to bitch. When you hitch your horse up to a particular post, you shouldn’t bitch because that vendor is looking to evolve its product. And quite frankly, there really isn’t anything to bitch about. Windows 8 looks pretty cool to me and it appears that MS is embracing more and more of what is open.