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Is Microsoft working on a software center for Windows?
Is Microsoft working on a software center for Windows?
Everyone will go and say ‘Ha! A Windows App Store!’, but I distinctly remember attending a presentation (back in 2003 or so) mentioning a purported roadmap for Windows Update that was meant to do precisely that, from the moment it was put online… Third parties and everything. Thing ...
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