posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Jan 2013 23:27 UTC  First -
but we already knew that - there is no technical reason
preventing desktop applications from running. There are no
inherent limitations in Windows RT compared to Windows 8. All
that's standing between you and freedom on Windows RT's desktop
is an artificial limitation by Microsoft.  Microsoft's somewhat
official reason is that it can't create an emulation layer fast
enough to run code compiled for x86, and they are probably
right. The underlying argument here is that Microsoft wants to
shield users from downloading software only to find that it
doesn't run because it's x86. However, there's an obvious flaw
here.  You see, there's no difference between the application
not running because Microsoft prevents it, and it not running
because it's x86. In both scenarios, it won't run. The user is
frustrates. If Windows RT's desktop mode was open, lots of
developers would surely recompile/port their applications,
making Microsoft's concern far less of an