Thinking about Windows 10

30/04/2015 - Category: General

![win10](https://misapuntesde.com/images/2015/04/win_rpi_r.png)

This week I want to change the section about the Pi World with some reflections about Windows...

**Microsoft is doing the things really well**. I remember the years from *Windows XP* and I could not understand what they were thinking when released [Windows Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me) (Do you remember *Millenium*, don't you?). Since then it was downhill and without brakes, and perhaps some saw the light with *Windows 7*, but returned to the darkness with the *Touch* philosophy on Desktop and killing the *Start button*, but...

It seems *Microsoft* is looking for allies everywhere and in all communities. Some examples:

**Windows 10 promises**. Tell you a user who went from *MSDOS* to *Windows*, then *Linux* and later *OSX*.
[Continuum](http://www.slashgear.com/windows-10-continuum-turns-your-phone-into-a-pc-29381415/) for phones

![Edge](https://misapuntesde.com/images/2015/04/Edge_r.png)

Browser [Edge](http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/29/technology/microsoft-edge-windows-build/index.html?section=money_news_international) (late, but we'll see how it unfolds)
Facilitate port applications from *Android/iOS* to *Windows 10*
*Cortana* (*Siri's* boyfriend)
[Visual Studio](http://www.genbetadev.com/herramientas/eramos-pocos-y-pario-microsoft-visual-studio-code) multiplatform
Third-party apps developed with *HTML* and *JavaScript* to *Office*
Windows Store
Partnership with [Arduino](http://blog.arduino.cc/2015/04/30/microsoft-and-arduino-new-partnership/), the *Raspberry Pi Foundation*, and everything related with *IoT* ([+ info](http://ms-iot.github.io/content/Downloads.htm))

HoloLens sounds more like concept art than anything else, but it is REAL... Fuck yeah!

[Project HoloLens](http://www.wired.com/2015/01/microsoft-hands-on/) to project objects through real elements. I loved it.

What's now?. They are giving us pills and being pulled new versions of everything I've commented. So we can only sit down and wait... What do you think about it?.

See ya in the comments...

Link: [Lifehacker> All the Important Stuff Announced at Microsoft Build 2015 Today](http://lifehacker.com/all-the-important-stuff-microsoft-announced-at-build-20-1700943959)

Link: [engadget.com > Get your Windows 10 preview for Raspberry Pi 2 while it's hot](http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/30/windows-10-preview-raspberry-pi-2/)