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		midnitewarrior on May 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 10 on ARM Microsoft appears to have apps that are native to ARM, but the real value of the Windows ecosystem is all the Win32 apps that have been built over the last 2 decades. The emulation layer addresses that so that "it just works" with old apps. I assume they will be releasing a build configuration for native ARM software deployment on Windows.

asveikau on May 12, 2017 [–]

I would not assume such. They actively seem to hate this scenario.

mtgx on May 12, 2017 | [–]

Microsoft also has this project, and UWP apps should work on ARM as well:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/deskto...

asveikau on May 12, 2017 | | [–]

Neither of those are what I am talking about.

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