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hedonistbot | 8 years ago
On a side note, I wasn't aware that the agreement with the US government was meant to expire after ten years. Is it a coincidence that right after that we got the Windows Store push?
hedonistbot | 8 years ago
On a side note, I wasn't aware that the agreement with the US government was meant to expire after ten years. Is it a coincidence that right after that we got the Windows Store push?
WorldMaker|8 years ago
Yes and no. WPF has a long security support lifetime ahead of it (much longer than Silverlight got), but the present is and has been the UWP XAML stack with all new feature investment going to it (where both .NET and C/C++/"native" code may take advantage of it).
(For what it is worth, to go ahead and answer some of the FAQ: With .NET Standard 2.0 the migration story from WPF to UWP XAML is the best it has ever been. UWP apps don't have to Store published and sideloading has been on by default and as easy [if not easier] than Android APK/Windows MSI installation for more than a year now. UWP apps can contain classic Win32 desktop apps using the "Centennial" Desktop Bridge and even communicate with those parts for an eventual/piecemeal migration strategy.)