[OT] Windows app store

[Richard Gaskin]

John wrote:

 >    Answering my own question after a bit more digging, apparently
 > you can submit traditional desktop apps to the Windows store.
 > There is a catch however, according to one Microsoft dev site,
 > "you must first write your app using Visual Studio.”  I am not
 > sure what that has to do with anything but it does seem to lock
 > out LC apps.

...and a great many others.

Seems the opposite of their historical strategy, doing everything they 
can to make sure they maintain the largest app ecosystem on any desktop.

If they're going down this road of arbitrary exclusion I don't imagine 
it'll last any longer than Apple's similar attempt with iOS SDK 4.0 
Section 3.3.1.

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