Windows 8 is a big change from all previous versions of Windows. Not only is the user interface significantly different (tiled Windows are a thing of the past), the underlying APIs are different. The Win32 and Win APIs that we have used for years (decades?) have been replaced by WinRT.
Windows 8 does not completely drop support for WinAPI and tiled windows. They are supported in the Desktop app, an app available under Metro and WinAPI.
But the position of WinAPI has moved from premiere to second. It is now "the old thing". And by extension, applications that use WinAPI are now "the old thing". In other words, legacy applications.
If the platform on which we build our application becomes obsolete, so do our applications. It matters not what we think of our applications. We may love them or despise them, respect them for their profitability or fear them for the maintenance headaches. But the ability to support them rests on the platform; without it, our applications vanish.
Microsoft has signalled that they are removing the WinAPI platform. To live, our applications must move to the new platform.
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