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		vlasta2 on Nov 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Serious Sam 3 Developer: "Gabe Newell did not Over... You cannot really compare Windows Store with Steam. There is no Steam-only OS with a name that evokes that it is a successor to Windows 7. How many non-programmers actually recognize the difference between full Windows 8 and Windows RT? They are both Windows, right? They are both new. Who cares about the details... until it is too late. Windows RT is not really Windows in the sense it was understood in the past decades. It is a real disaster for every conscious Windows developer.

OriginalSyn on Nov 6, 2012 [–]

> How many non-programmers actually recognize the difference between full Windows 8 and Windows RT?

Programmers are not immune to the confusion, I've had to explain the difference to multiple coworkers.

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