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Poll: Will Windows 8 on ARM factor into your development plans?

March 3, 2012, 10:35 PM PST

Takeaway: Let us know whether you plan to have Windows 8 on ARM ready apps in time for the Windows 8 launch.

The new Windows 8 Consumer Preview has gone a long way to improving on the Developer Preview in terms of making something that consumers and end users can use on tablets and similar devices. While Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) is an alternative to the iPad and various Android devices, it is not known whether users will treat it as a serious option.

This creates a dilemma for developers, because the faster the WOA uptake, the greater the pressure to write native Metro/WinRT applications for Windows 8 (it won’t run third-party desktop applications). Has Microsoft done enough with WOA to make it successful enough to take it into account when planning your development roadmap?

Will Windows 8 on ARM factor into your development plans?

We will have WOA-ready apps for the Windows 8 launch.

We will have WOA-ready apps after the Windows 8 launch.

We are taking a "wait and see" attitude.

J.Ja

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jhoward@... 8th Mar 2012

I agree having the same app on a tablet and the desktop is potentially a great sell given the Active Directory angle. It still means a 3rd OS I have to look at for mobile/small form factor devices since the Android and Apple fan clubs won't be going anywhere soon but something to think about.

So this would put Windows 8 in a similar situation as Blackberry where you can secure devices, encrypt traffic, manage apps centrally and all those things that make Blackberry a really good device - technically speaking - for the enterprise world.

May be worth taking a look at for the enterprise market but I wonder if it will suffer from the same issues Blackberry has - the Apple and Android devices are just more versatile and fit into that casual out of work time better. Being in IT I have to carry this thing with me 24x7 - so it had better be able to keep me entertained in my time off as well. This is the main reason I moved from Blackberry a few years back. I still miss the Outlook integration with Blackberry but man it was night and day browsing on an Android phone and the apps felt so much more responsive I have never been happier about a decision except when I decided to run a Linux desktop and put Windows in a VM sandbox on that third monitor where it belongs.

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Justin James 7th Mar 2012

The incentive for you is that you'd be able to hit Windows 8 tablets running ARM *and* Windows 8 apps on a x86/x64 laptop or desktop with the same binary package. Windows 8 is a potentially big seller on tablets because enterprises will like the management story (which is actually quite good), and consumers *may* accept them as well. Windows 8 is the tablet OS that enterprises have been clamoring for, thanks to Active Directory integration/control.

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So whats the catch?

realvarezm 7th Mar 2012

Most of all the people involved in software developing knows hows MS works and how their policies in new prodcuts change like the wind. Why? if im doing ok with Android and IOS should go to MS with my apps. It will be like trying to sell them to RIM the market is not enough or it is shrinking. All and all i wish them good luck.

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