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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Linux, Windows and rPi
Date 2015-08-03 22:03 -0400
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On 8/3/2015 4:09 PM, mm0fmf wrote:
> On 03/08/2015 20:56, druck wrote:
>> On 03/08/2015 06:33, Rob wrote:
>>> The big misunderstanding going around is that "Windows on the Pi" will
>>> be something like "Windows on the PC".  It will not be.  It is the
>>> Windows IoT version, a Windows version that is targeted to the embedded
>>> systems market and that does not have much to do with Windows for the
>>> PC.
>>
>> And unlike a Raspberry Pi with Linux which can natively run any number
>> of development environments with a text or graphical GUI, a Pi running
>> Win10IOT needs to be connected to a PC running full Windows 10 to be
>> able to write even the simplest program.
>>
>
> Yes, but Win10 for the development machine can be had for nothing.

That's not so clear.  My understanding is that they are giving it away 
for now, but plan to make it a subscription service in the future.  You 
will have to pay every year rather than just once.

-- 

Rick

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Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 20:13 -0400
  Re: Linux, Windows and rPi tumppiw <tumppiw@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 03:17 +0300
  Re: Linux, Windows and rPi hda <agent700@ay.invalid> - 2015-08-03 02:26 +0200
  Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-03 02:20 +0100
    Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-03 13:04 +0000
      Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-04 02:43 +0100
        Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 09:25 +0000
          Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-08-04 16:25 +0100
            Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 17:30 +0000
              Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 13:39 -0400
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-04 18:47 +0100
              Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-04 18:25 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 19:19 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 16:46 -0400
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-04 22:02 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 22:12 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 18:31 -0400
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-05 01:24 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-08-05 10:55 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-05 10:19 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-05 03:31 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-05 08:22 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-05 08:11 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-05 09:42 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-08-05 17:14 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-05 20:01 +0100
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-05 19:42 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-05 19:44 +0000
                Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 15:55 -0400
          Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-04 20:27 +0100
            Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 20:19 +0000
        Re: Linux, Windows and rPi druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-04 20:36 +0100
  Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-03 05:33 +0000
    Re: Linux, Windows and rPi druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-03 20:56 +0100
      Re: Linux, Windows and rPi mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-03 21:09 +0100
        Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-03 21:08 +0000
          Re: Linux, Windows and rPi "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2015-08-11 10:31 +0100
        Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 22:03 -0400
          Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-04 07:16 +0000
            Re: Linux, Windows and rPi John Doe <john@doe.com> - 2015-08-04 09:28 +0000
              Re: Linux, Windows and rPi David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-08-04 10:38 +0100
            Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 09:39 +0000

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