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However, and probably due to Apple, the new Windows 8 tablets (and the Metro UI for all forms of Windows 8) will only run applications from their new Windows Store.

So while they may not have before, Microsoft is certainly not immune from this trend.

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Of course there is Windows desktop that does not have such limitations and a much broader distribution that any other platform.

broader distribution than any other platform, except the web.

Sure. That's another way to release the software if it works for you. The article talked about a software released via mac appstore. So obviously web was not an option for him for some reason.

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