No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 (Peter Bright/Ars Technica)

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8  —  You won’t be able to use the free Visual Studio Express to develop desktop apps.  —  Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson  —  Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications …

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