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I've seen a disturbing trend in both Apple and Microsoft recently towards sacrificing functionality for the sake of security. This is seen in what Microsoft is doing to Windows 8 and what Apple is doing to the iPhone, iPad, and the newer versions of Mac OS X. Removing functionality from the OS rather than fixing security holes.
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Or, in this case, FUD over proper research.
"Gaming companies also hate Windows 8 because of how locked down it is." - well Valve/Steam, only the (User-Interface formerly known as Metro) app's are more locked down. Also, Valve are in the process of creating their own box, so maybe a conflict of interest.
"They've deprecated WinAPI for one thing" - no need for comment really. They'll be discontinuing SQL Server next.
"and the Windows Registry has been deprecated as well," - hmmm.
Similarly the Mac, they've stopped shipping GCC - that may be because they use CLang.
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That guy has no clue what he is talking about. I think he is a hardcore Linux user that wants M$ and Apple to die in the depths of hell. Not to say that I don't know some people like that (as I do, and I try to stay as far away from them as physically and technologically possible, as they will go ballistic when someone is using Windows or OS X and start screaming. Six out of the eight I know have served jail time for assault/battery, the other two have not gone that far [yet... ])
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
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