Windows 11 Will Run Android Apps From Amazon Appstore

[MacBH928]

I run a good chunk of that legacy software (I'm IT manager for a bank). There are alternatives. I'm not going to get 100% windows free, but I have already tested and started working on alternative deployment methods for specific pieces of software.

The most picky pieces I'll be using Windows Remote Desktop services. That way users who must use some of th eold windows legacy stuff can still access it. xfreerdp2 works great for connecting to RDS and it appearing native.

the hardest part for this migration will not be technology, but the users. My users are idiots. and the majority of them don't know how to use even their phones (I got an after hours emergency call over the weekend because some idjit locked out her peresonal iPhone)


All I know: More changes Microsoft is ramming through recently is making life incredibly frustrating. This mornings "major change announcement" is forcing banner ads through to outlook for "featured" outlook add-ons. They're pushing this out by July 30th, as "opt out". Meaning by default all my users are now going to automatically start getting this. of course there's an "opt out" but I have to go through and design a set of OCPS rules to block it. But Microsoft just says "go do it here" and doesn't even provide instructions on how to do it.

again: More microsoft developers getting paid to invent work for themselves that makes life harder for everyone of us admins. And they want us to have faith in Win11

I would be happy to see Windows destroyed in the corporate world, and would love to see FOSS OS taking its place. I would also like to see MacOS but that is not happening.

I wouldn't blame the "idiots" I have been using computers daily for most of my life and I still struggle with software problems. There is always something new and new way to do things, so I wouldn't blame people.

Apple used to be the company that "it just works" where any one can pick on the software and use it so much so they had 1 button mouse just so not to confuse the user. Today you need a pamphlet guide to learn all the touch screen gestures for iOS.

 

[Tech198]

akin to Mac's "universal apps", The real question is "how popular will be become" It's good it CAN be done, (...makes things easier for developers)... but weather most will find it useful..

..or it will just be another thing that will not be of much use only to a handful of Android apps. The real tests will be in the wild when released.

 

[Abazigal]

akin to Mac's "universal apps", The real question is "how popular will be become" It's good it CAN be done, (...makes things easier for developers)... but weather most will find it useful..

..or it will just be another thing that will not be of much use only to a handful of Android apps. The real tests will be in the wild when released.

I think the lesson which Apple keeps teaching (and which many people seem to keep ignoring) is that you have to force the change you want to see. By making bold and unapologetic moves.

If Microsoft thinks their job is done at getting the amazon App Store on board (which is in it self a barren wasteland of outdated apps), then I don’t see it getting very far. Is Microsoft even doing any form of curation or vetting, or is it just another free-for-all?

It’s easy to charge less, when you are literally doing less for the money as well.

 

[bobcomer]

I think the lesson which Apple keeps teaching (and which many people seem to keep ignoring) is that you have to force the change you want to see. By making bold and unapologetic moves.

If Microsoft thinks their job is done at getting the amazon App Store on board (which is in it self a barren wasteland of outdated apps), then I don’t see it getting very far. Is Microsoft even doing any form of curation or vetting, or is it just another free-for-all?

It’s easy to charge less, when you are literally doing less for the money as well.

That's also why Apple will never be the dominant computer brand. People like me (small to medium, non-print/movie businesses) will never use Apple for work because we can't trust things from version to version.

And fwiw, Microsoft *never* thinks their job is done, it's not in the corporate DNA, but they do know what they can't do. (like obsoleting a good chunk of their customers working applications. They learned that the hard way when the abomination of .net came around and VB wasn't easily converted. You'd be surprised how much VB5 and VB6 is still out there, never upgraded because of design decisions on VB.NET. At least VB 5 and 6 still run on Windows , even Windows 11, quite well, they didn't do something as stupid as obsoleting the runtime!

 

[bd139]

Apple doesn't want or need market dominance. It mostly caters for the luxury end of the market where there is higher spending power.

 

[bobcomer]

Apple doesn't want or need market dominance. It mostly caters for the luxury end of the market where there is higher spending power.

Exactly!! I posted because others seem to think Apple will eat Microsoft's/Intel's lunch and that is just not going to happen -- it's not their goal!

Others seem to think that forcing change on their users that is somehow superior and that just isn't shown in market share.

I love my Macs at home, but I also love my Windows for its backwards compatibility. Both serve different uses, even for me personally, and I don't want to get rid of either. But for work, it's Windows that I use.