Στα τέλη Φεβρουάριου η κυκλοφορία της public beta των Windows 8

Αντε να τη δουμε κι αυτη, αλλα δεν το ρισκαρω, με Virtual Box θα τη δοκιμασω γιατι ακομα ειναι επισφαλες να τη βαλεις στο δισκο σαν partition ή κατι τετοιο...

Μιας και μιλαμε για το “Windows Store” μερικές πληροφορίες:

Your Paid For Windows 8 Metro Apps: Microsoft's Handy Big Brother Kill Switch

Buy into Microsoft's new Windows 8 Metro interface and you'll be buying into considerably more than you bargained for.

Microsoft is copying the Apple model of an apps store, with their Windows Store where the store vets each application according to their strict rules, takes a massive 30% cut from developer's royalties (like Apple) and has a kill switch (this last part is much like Google and Amazon too, to be fair, which is somewhat bad when you think about it).

Near the top of the agreement they have this line, in bold:

Please note that this agreement allows us to remove applications from your Windows 8 Beta enabled device in certain circumstances. See the Can Microsoft remove apps or data from my device? section below for more details.

Sounds a bit worrying, doesn't it? You should be. They then go on to explain exactly how this works. They can take away your apps and/or data from you for your own "benefit" for "security" reasons (of which there's some truth) but the real kicker are those "legal reasons"....

What happens if I don’t want an app I already acquired?

...unless Microsoft is absolutely, totally forced to, there's no way in hell you're getting your money back. Do you still want to buy into this?

Can Microsoft change the Windows Store or my access to it?

Microsoft only allows up to five installs on different devices. Install it on a sixth device and one of the other copies gets nuked by the long arm of Microsoft. That would be really handy if one of those deleted copies was on a device that you needed to use right now, wouldn't it?

What are my rights for apps I get from the Windows Store?

If you attempt to install an app on more than five devices, it may be deactivated automatically from one of these devices, so that no more than five instances are activated at any one time.

This agreement is pretty one-sided and stacked against the user – that's the person who keeps Microsoft's bank balance healthy. It isn't something to attract a prospective customer to a product or service, at all and the reader is encouraged to look at the whole agreement here, to understand its full impact. Perhaps if there's enough of an outcry over this, they'll drop the worst parts of it? This is reminiscient of the Vista installation scandal that allowed reinstallation of the software a mere one time. The outcry this generated caused the company to back down quickly. Curiously, the update date is 2011-10-20, about 6 weeks ago, but news of this is only breaking now, so perhaps it's only just been published on their website?

Όλο το άρθρο εδώ:

http://www.techpowerup.com/156521/Your-Paid-For-Windows-8-Metro-Apps-Mic...

Εμένα το store μου θυμίζει android..... και απ'ότι φαίνεται θα ενσωματωθεί και σε άλλα OS στο μέλλον.