Microsoft releases 'refined' Windows, revs up developers

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From_California wrote:

It’s obvious that Windows has far fewer mobile apps than Android and Apple, considering they are only barely getting started now. But can we please stop with nonsense of counting a “million” apps as some kind of advantage? Window could have “only” 100,000 apps and still offer everything that anyone could ever need. Maybe they don’t have the right ones yet, but if so, it’s not because they need another 900,000. The mobile world has made itself ridiculous, not to mention confusing, by having such an absurd number of stupid or useless programs clogging the ecosystem. If there were 10,000 really worthwhile apps that were easy to identify, the landscape would be much more efficient. Standards are way too low, and people have gotten used to a junkfood level of programming. Stuff you pay almost nothing for, use once and never load again.

Jun 26, 2013 5:57pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
JustCallMeFred wrote:

@ California. Spot On!!!

Jun 26, 2013 6:55pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
MonishN wrote:

“Ballmer said on Wednesday that the Windows Store was approaching 100,000 apps. Meanwhile, Apple is nearing 1 million, with Android not far behind.”

Not the kind of journalism you’d expect from a Reuters. Windows Phone has crossed the 120k mark some time back and the Windows Store is nearing a 100k. Add to that the innumerable number of applications also known as software available from countless developers running in older and current version of Windows for PC.

How many of the iOS or Android apps can be used on PCs?

Jun 27, 2013 1:08am EDT  --  Report as abuse
 
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