AW: Do we have to care about Windows RT?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Thank you for clarifying Richard

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> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
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> von Richard Gaskin
> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. April 2013 16:00
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> Betreff: Re: Do we have to care about Windows RT?
> 
> Tiemo Hollmann wrote:
> > my knowledge about Windows RT is still very small. As far as I have
> > understood it so far you only can run Apps from the Windows Store on
> > RT and so we don't have to care about it from the LiveCode side so far.
> >
> > What I would like to know, is it possible, that a customer could (try
> > to) install standard windows software (not from the windows store) by
> > cracking /routing on a RT system so that I could run into unwanted
> > support cases for my software? Or is this approach safely blocked by the
> RT system?
> >
> > What systemversion would RT have? Is it at all a part of the known
> > windows family?
> 
> The current LiveCode engine for Windows cannot run on WinRT because LC is
> compiled for x8 while RT runs on ARM.
> 
> That said, RunRev's announcement that they're making an ARM compile of
> their Linux engine (for Raspberry Pi and other uses) bodes well for the
> possibility of WinRT support down the road.
> 
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