Thanks for the answer. Right now my head hurts with all of what's required for what should be a straightforward command. I will revisit VS Code, but for now, it's Notepad ++ and repl.it online.
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SlOT: I have interacted with VS Code and since you (Steven Clarke) are on that team, the perfect opportunity to ask a question I can't seem to find an answer: Where is the Run command in VS Code? I typed in an exercise in Python 3.51 to learn some more of the language and could not get the program to execute to the output window. What I'm missing? TIA
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I'm glad you educated me about Kernel level changes (Ring Zero) and how they are made with every major and minor version. The change from XP to Vista must have had something to do with a filesystem rewrite, but I could be wrong. As for the consumer/professional track, while this may make our development and "real work" lives easier, and it would, I don't see MS going down this road again. They went there with the Windows 9.x vs NT branch. They also had two codebases at the time, unified in Win2K.
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When I think of a version change from 6.3 to 7.0, that means the file system and/or kernel changed, not the UI or the HAL. Windows 9 I believe will be more like 8.1 except the Desktop is enabled on non-touch and Metro/Modern is enabled on touch. Also, Modern apps can/will be made to run in Desktop mode with some windowing based on operation mode. I also expect Windows RT, if it sticks around, to include a Hyper-V/VMWare type of client to run apps going back at least to Win Vista. The ecosystem otherwise is quite lacking.
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I think it will be Windows 8.2, The last OS core change was Windows Vista, and the previous one before that was Windows 2000, so if this is truly a core change, then the internal number should be 6.3 with Windows 9 being the seventh generation of Windows.
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During the two posts, I have went out and purchased 8.1 Pro Pack, while subsequently upgrading my Windows 8 box to Windows 8.1 and further to Windows 8.1 Pro. When Windows 8.2 (Win8.1Update1) comes out next month, I will load it on my secondary system, test it out, and then load it on the primary system. It would be great if I could get my hands on Windows 8.2 to run in a Virtual Lab (VM) but I guess to be expecting too much.
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We are all familiar with the saying "you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar"? In Microsoft's case, their business model and wish is to get people off the Windows XP platform, which works, onto Windows 8, which has many issues in the geek community and otherwise. I have a solution for it. Provide registered XP users with an opportunity to move to Windows 7 if their hardware supports it. All for the cost of shipped media, about $15-20 or so, the same protocol that is used for near next version Windows-based computers "Buy Win7 now, get Win8 for free, etc.". This way those folks on XP can migrate up with limited licensing expenses.
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