Questions about the Windows Runtime and the Windows update cycle

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After spending a good amount of the past month with the Windows Runtime (or WinRT as it was also known before the drunken “ Windows RT ” branding bus decided to crash the party), it had occurred to me the other day there is still a big unanswered question mark over how exactly Windows Runtime will evolve. With some practical development experience under my belt now, I believe I can say with some credibility that the Windows Runtime “framework” in its current state is sufficiently primitive – it works and has the basic APIs and controls you expect, but there’s still fundamentals (*cough* no Flyout control in XAML) and nice-to-haves missing with no expectation this will change by RTM.