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WinRT and Windows RT
by wigry on Mon 22nd Oct 2012 14:42 UTC
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Juyst to note another mysterious flop from the Microsoft side.

They created library or layer or abstraction called WinRT that was supposed to replace Win32. And then they names a version of their latest OS as Windows RT.

So WinRT is inside both Windows 8 and Windows RT

BTW WinRT is actually nothing spectacular and deep inside there is still age old Win32 and COM and other old stuff just beefed up a bit and put together is some funny way. A must read for any windows develper or anybody who is curious why Windows 8 turned out to be the way it is.

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