Why is WinRT unmanaged?

想查一下WinRT，發現一stackoverflow一篇非常有意思的問答。

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7457371/why-is-winrt-unmanaged 

 

作者提問，為什麼WinRT是非託管的？

 

答案是:

The new Windows API is unmanaged because the leaders in the Windows teams (and Office team, whose former leader –Sinofsky- is now the president of the Windows and Windows Live Division) had no part in the design and distribution of .NET, never promoted it in any way, and its popularity is actually a threat to their personal careers (imagine: if .NET became an even bigger success, that could likely put its designers and contributors -like Scott Guthrie- ahead of people like Steven Sinofsky who focused on other areas). 

 

而且是

Might sound like a joke, but it’s actually serious. 

 

想想大年那些大牛跟著老喬打天下，很天事情親自管，20年前就奠定了今天的基礎。

為微軟如此重要的決定竟是這樣做出。老喬天天罵Windows是低劣的仿製品，一點也不為過。