[Info-vax] Microsoft On ARM Failure (was Re: VSI licensing policy (again))

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-09-23 20:23:00 +0000, John Dallman said:

> In article <siik2d$grk$1 at dont-email.me>, seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid 
> (Stephen Hoffman) wrote:
> 
>> There are a number of folks working with the Windows ARM64 insiders' 
>> preview, including having gotten that working on Apple M1.
> 
> Just in time for Microsoft to announce that running ARM Windows on M1 
> is "not a supported scenario."

"Not a supported scenario" is the entirety of an insiders' preview of 
an unreleased version on another platform.

Right up until the vendor decides to test and release and sell and 
support it. Or not.

As was seen back in the FX!32 era, a whole lot of Windows app vendors 
won't support their apps operating through app translation service.

Wouldn't surprise me to see some balk at supporting their x86-64 apps 
on Windows on ARM64, particularly if the apps start crashing secondary 
to emulation.


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