Re: MSIX

Paul <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.freeware
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 6/19/2024 3:19 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> 
> Should we 7 users get this "MSIX Core", on the assumption that there'll be a time we need it - or is it more likely that "apps [that] are already built to work on those versions of Windows" will actually come with a MSI file anyway (if they've chosen that method, rather than .exe, of installing at all)?

Some day it will be a collectors item, and worth 5p :-)

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https://blog.juriba.com/msix-why-enterprises-arent-yet-banking-on-the-future-of-app-packaging

   "Microsoft has been touting MSIX for two years now and despite the
    tremendous benefits the new packaging format brings, it seems like
    neither software vendors or end-user enterprises have really embraced it yet."

"Just the novelty of a square wheel, should have you convinced"

I have a copy on disk, unused presumably.

    Paul
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