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lunarscape on Dec 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Doctorow: The coming war on general-purpose comput...

Applications are not limited to Metro on Windows 8, nor is it locked down in the way you suggest.

protomyth on Dec 31, 2011 [–]

If I want to use the new API which should be the go forward API of WinRT and Metro, then it is locked down to only the app store apps on Windows 8.

"Dowrkin revealed that Metro apps will only be available through the new store" http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-details-and-demos-the-win...

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