VentureBeat

Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Here’s how to keep Windows an open platform

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian expressing concern that Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs comprised a first step toward locking down the currently open ...
VentureBeat

Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform

Tim Sweeney is of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, and he stirred up a big debate about the future of Windows. In an op-ed piece in ...
Neowin

Microsoft launches a public preview of UWP app support for .NET 9Microsoft launches a public preview of UWP app support for .NET 9Microsoft launches a public preview of UWP app ...

Microsoft has announced it has launched a public preview of its new UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9 Windows app developers who are coding their projects for UWP (Universal Windows ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's Windows App SDK 1.0 is available. Will it undo Microsoft's past mistakes?

Microsoft has released the 1.0 stable release of its Windows App Software Development Kit (SDK) today, November 16. Formerly known as "Project Reunion," the platform is meant to bridge the app gap ...
heise online

winapp: Microsoft's CLI tool for cross-platform Windows development

With the CLI tool winapp, Microsoft wants to simplify Windows development for cross-platform developers. It handles SDK management and packaging. Microsoft has introduced a new command-line tool for ...