I have noticed in a few places discussions comparing the UI and API of WinRT with Silverlight, and suggesting that it (WinRT) is preferable. Mostly, these were quite old posts (a series of 6 or more at SharpGIS was my first sense of this).
It does raise the possibility that Windows / Microsoft will rebirth or rethink some technologies. Related (in my eyes, anyway), apparently there is a wider discussion about Windows 9 (based on leaks and conjecture) suggesting that there is to be a complete rethink of Windows market segments in Windows 9 "Threshold". It's summarised here <http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/cause-hope-windows-8-gets-the- heave-ho-in-the-next-wave-of-updates-232389> in InfoWorld (December 2013) in an article by some bloke named Woody Leonhard. He sets the tone in his first sentence: "If independent leaks are to be believed, Windows chief Terry Myerson appears to be dismantling the Jekyll-and-Hyde monstrosity that is Windows 8, instead replacing it with a triumvirate of products <http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/microsoft-exec-hints-separate- windows-release-trains-consumers-business-232299> that people and companies will actually want." I'll be interested in Scott's comments on the triumverate of products, including the quote that refers to Terry Myerson's supposed intentions. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia
