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Running win32 binaries is not an issue, they only have to be contained in a WUP wrapper. Performance would be the same, but the security would be much better because of the way WUP gives permissions. The limit on Win S is that you can't run win32 binaries directly, not that it can not run native code at all.
Exactly.
In addition, how I have understood this with S Mode and the upcoming Windows Lite, the difference is / will be that Lite will be almost completely a cloud based OS running on "always ready" devices (ARM etc.) with eSIM (4G / 5G) mobile connection.
If so, Windows Lite will in no way replace S Mode.
Kari
This is how I see it too. Pretty much like ChromeOS but Windows.
Whether it will succeed or not, is a different question. I have my doubts. ChromeOS has already added support for Android Apps and now they're working on native Linux support. Running webapps can only take you that far. For me personally, it's not an option as it's too limiting.