For practical terms, you are going to need to emulate to get Intel x64 Windows to work. ARM Version of Windows, it all the Problem with Windows, without any of the backwards compatibility and smaller software library.
Microsoft biggest screw-up was in the Implementation of.NET Because they wanted it to be Windows Only platform, they locked it down where it became CPU specific for a lot of modules, just so it could get a performance benchmark speed to beat Java.
This decision to WIN over Java, did little to help with the future of Microsoft..NET could had been a tool to help transition from 32bit to 64bit (but you needed to recompile to get 64 bit, and many of those libraries failed to run), Moving to different CPU you get the same problem. Other than the most basic Apps.NET failed in what could had been a wonderful migration tool for Microsoft.
How useful is Windows for ARM? (Score:3)
For practical terms, you are going to need to emulate to get Intel x64 Windows to work. ARM Version of Windows, it all the Problem with Windows, without any of the backwards compatibility and smaller software library.
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I expect Windows on ARM to be just as successful as Windows on DEC Alpha, HP PA/RISC, MIPS, etc, etc.
-jcr
Re:How useful is Windows for ARM? (Score:2)
Microsoft biggest screw-up was in the Implementation of .NET
Because they wanted it to be Windows Only platform, they locked it down where it became CPU specific for a lot of modules, just so it could get a performance benchmark speed to beat Java.
This decision to WIN over Java, did little to help with the future of Microsoft. .NET could had been a tool to help transition from 32bit to 64bit (but you needed to recompile to get 64 bit, and many of those libraries failed to run), Moving to different CPU you get the same problem. Other than the most basic Apps .NET failed in what could had been a wonderful migration tool for Microsoft.