>I just got back tonight from day 1 of 2 on how to develop applications for W8.
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>Conclusion tomorrow.
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>Windows 8 lets you have it both ways. The new metro interface. This one should be for Tablets and Windows phone. I don't see this becoming very popular on desktops.
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>And the interface we are used to. I changed my mind ;-) I will install it on a virtual machine. I just want to see if there's really something worth mentioning with the ancient approach.
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>I've been resisting .net all those years and there's something very interesting for me in developing apps for the Metro interface. I like it that JavaScript and Html5 can be used to build Metro apps.
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>Perhaps I'll never have to learn .net
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>I think that it would be a wise decision to not learn a development environment that is proprietary to a company. Html5 and JavaScript are perfect here.
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>But it's too soon yet. So in the meantime I'll continue my VFP development and I'll be following with interest the evolution within MS.

Thanks

There is a thread #1540749 and especially message #1540753 which mentions the limitation of .NET for developing smartphone apps.