This question has taken on some added importance with last week's release of Windows 10 S, a "tightly locked down" version of Windows that only runs applications from the Windows Store (1,2).
If Windows 10 S gains widespread traction in education (as the similarly positioned Chrome OS has), then the question of "who benefits" may eventually be a rather large audience.
Thus, the "who benefits" question now prompts a new one: Do we as a community wish to (eventually) include Windows 10 S amongst the list of operating systems that are officially supported by Inkscape?
1. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-s 2. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/microsoft-takes-on-ch...
On Mar 30, 2017, at 8:22 AM, Miguel Lopez <reptillia39@...3425...> wrote:
"From that point of view, exactly who benefits from having Inkscape in the Windows store?"
If Inkscape can be ported into tightly locked down varient of Windows, then I'd imagine they'd be able to install Inkscape through the Store since desktop programs are not normally able to be installed there. People who wants a vector program through Surface RT, for example may have a use of this program. You might say that this applies to very few people, and I would agree with that, but that's still a small amount of people with no access to Inkscape as it is to be able to access Inkscape.
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