Unlike the popular belief that Windows 8 is a bet-your-company on this kind of decision for Microsoft, the article makes it clear that technically the OS API remains the same at the lowest level. To me, this makes the whole Metro interface seem like the now discontinued Active Desktop[1], where the desktop wallpaper became a live webpage.
Also curious to know how a sandboxed Metro environment would be different from a sandboxed virtual machine like .NET. With third party applications being accessible from Windows Store, this makes the whole Windows security topic a concern once again.
Also curious to know how a sandboxed Metro environment would be different from a sandboxed virtual machine like .NET. With third party applications being accessible from Windows Store, this makes the whole Windows security topic a concern once again.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop