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bydaninaustin ( 985354 ) writes:
MS has a habit of abandoning devices. Maybe that's a reason so few people want their phones.
byPope Hagbard ( 3897945 ) writes:
On the other hand, Android mfrs tend to either provide just 1-2 updates or not at all, and those phones sell pretty well.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Because their new phones offer updated versions of Android. If Microsoft was offering Surface RT 2 with Windows 10 and not offering updates for Surface RT, people would complain about it but there'd still be people purchasing them. Because that at least offers an upgrade path. With the Surface RT? Use it until it breaks, enough apps you want stop being developed for it, or it gets so loaded with malware because there's no security updates or no new anti-virus definitions or whatever--admittedly, that la
byBlaskowicz ( 634489 ) writes:
RT a.k.a. Metro is an emulation layer already? it's about running touchy apps on .NET, or html/javascript. So the compatibilty seems easy and they can quietly update a few things behind the scene (.NET version, Metro/RT libraries)
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byBlaskowicz ( 634489 ) writes:
Indeed that's what happened to Silverlight, they built a better Flash than Flash but people weren't interested.
RT may live on (as runtime not OS) for some people who want to run tablet/phone apps as long as they don't miss the one for the train company, the bank and so on.
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