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I'm guessing that in this case they're only talking about the "office software running in the browser" version of Office 365, not the "subscription pricing model for the desktop suite" version.

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Except they actually are talking about all the versions, including desktop apps.

Source? Edit: Never mind; the later tweets confirm they are using Electron and React-Native. Madness!

I'm guessing they're just going to ship an Electron app and they won't be different codebases any more.

On Windows 10, they will target WinRT on UWP, with Fluent Design UI. Not Electron.

Wrong https://twitter.com/thelarkinn/status/1006761134395834368?s=...

Not wrong, see the Windows 10 OneNote app for example, which already uses Typescript on WinRT/UWP. An Electron target will only be for legacy platforms, like Windows 7 and 8.

Also see https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/161295/microsoft-r...

It's interesting they're using Electron for Win7/Win8 when React Native for Windows has a WPF rendered that works nicely on Win7 and 8. Perhaps they just found that maintaining two slightly different RN office apps for Windows wasn't worth the effort given the declining market share of the older Windows versions.

So much for "learn once, write anywhere".

It's funny that the "new, simplified ribbon" in Thurott's screenshot looks a lot like the old interface in Office 2000.

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