@ Becky Rose,
Yes, it's pretty much what I'd expect though, given the somewhat proprietary nature of most of that list.
It's hard to imagine any of the owners of those technologies just offering to give this stuff to MS for free. Maybe exclusively, but I cant imagine how that would come about either.
It also means MS are in less of a position to just force whatever content they want on a user, and that's probably a good thing in an operating system.
These are so obviously about to become such seriously mundane, everyday technologies, that it's almost impossible to consider a programming or control based product which does not fully address the matter, and still be able to see it as even complete, let alone competent or serious. Making sure it's the best it possibly can be probably should go on some one's to do list somewhere or other.
Every time the BASIC world shrinks a little more, then the horizon opens wider to encompass far more than simply being a games specialist. Scary Big or what?
Yes, it's pretty much what I'd expect though, given the somewhat proprietary nature of most of that list.
It's hard to imagine any of the owners of those technologies just offering to give this stuff to MS for free. Maybe exclusively, but I cant imagine how that would come about either.
It also means MS are in less of a position to just force whatever content they want on a user, and that's probably a good thing in an operating system.
These are so obviously about to become such seriously mundane, everyday technologies, that it's almost impossible to consider a programming or control based product which does not fully address the matter, and still be able to see it as even complete, let alone competent or serious. Making sure it's the best it possibly can be probably should go on some one's to do list somewhere or other.
Every time the BASIC world shrinks a little more, then the horizon opens wider to encompass far more than simply being a games specialist. Scary Big or what?