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- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with C
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with Cless than a year is a disasterIf true, it is absolutely incredible that WPF/e is not shipping 1st time around with C#. I can't believe it will be that big a job for Adobe to add a vectorised markup to their products. What's going...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Programming languages, Andrew, XBAP, C, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, CLR support, CLR, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
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- Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service
- Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...
- Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- SQL Examiner 2009 R2 3.2.0.22 (Windows)
- SQL Examiner 2009 is an easy-to-use tool that quickly and accurately compares and synchronizes schemas of MS SQL Server databases. It supports all the main innovations of SQL Server 2008, so now you can compare and synchronize databases of all SQL Server versions from 7.0 to 2008. The tool provides...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Microsoft Windows, TulaSoft, SQL Examiner 2009, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-17
- Google and Adobe join forces on Open Screen Project
- No one wants to install the Flash plugin?You mean the 100 people who won't already have it installed by default on their new PC?-MRE: Google and Adobe join forces on Open Screen ProjectIs Google going to take control of everything you watch like they tried to do in Chrome?No the...
- Tags: Channel management, Web browsers, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., web tool, WebKit, Microsoft Corp., Web
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux
- Now I could at least accept that.I'm still a bit wary of an MS plugin becoming an internet standard. BUT at LEAST they are doing this as a first party and not some half baked, always behind the times attempt like Moonlight and Mono. If they had first class support...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, mobile, mobile device, Microsoft Silverlight, Moblin, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, C#, Stallman C#, Stallman, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- MSDN Webcast: Building Applications With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 adds numerous new capabilities for developers, from support for spatial data types to a mechanism to store SQL BLOB data using the NTFS file system and several things in between. There are also several improvements to development-related areas from Transact-SQL (T-SQL) to SQL Common Language Runtime...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-03-10
- Is 64-bit Flash support just around the corner?
- Is 64-bit Flash support just around the corner?Not so fast, JohnnyJavaFx could be a strong player on the RIA front which might bring a little life to Swing. On the server end, Java is still pretty entrenched especially in large scale enterprise apps running under *nix where Java is basically...
- Tags: Programming languages, Network technology, 64-bit, Java
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkit
- If you're a business user who thinks Aibos and sumo robots are fun and cute but irrelevant to the enterprise-software world, read on. On April 9, Microsoft is delivering a first test release of the third iteration of its robotics toolkit, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008. The...
- Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Robotics Toolkit, CCR, Robots, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Python's future looks bright
- Python's future looks brightCrickey! this puts Microsoft on the ropes!Sun have ALWAYS advocated multi-language support with Java, while Microsoft wanted to ram C# down eveyones thoats.Now that they've got some big names on the payroll, surely we can expect a me-too copy-cat knee-jerk response from MS, like hiring maybe the...
- Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, Development tools, .NET, Middleware, Python, future look, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Java
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- How+big+a+threat+is+good+Microsoft%3F
- How+big+a+threat+is+good+Microsoft%3FBusiness fundamentalsThe whole concept is predicated on the idea that the only reason for [i]software libre[/i] is reaction to the Transcendent Evil Of Redmond. Which is as silly as saying that open and collaborative science only exists as a reaction to guild secrecy.The guilds went away. Did science?I...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- xSQL Object Search 1.0.0.5 (Windows)
- Search on one or all databases choose to find the objects that meet the search criteria on one database or on all databases in the selected SQL Server. Support all types of database objects from tables and views to CLR objects and Xml Schema Collections, you can search all database...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL, Microsoft Windows, Object, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-02-14
- Microsoft architect compares Volta and Google's GWT
- Is Microsoft's "cloud programming" toolset Volta -- which Microsoft released in early preview form this week -- a "me-too" response to Google's Google Web Toolkit GWT? I've seen that argument from fellow ZDNet blogger Ed Burnette and others around the Web. I asked Microsoft Volta Architect...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Intermediate Language, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., Google Web Toolkit, Volta, Execution Environment, Scripting Languages, C#, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Programming Languages, Software Development, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'
- Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'A quick correctionI just wanted to point out that the standard .NET languages (C#, VB.NET) will be supported in Silverlight 2.0 by a portable CLR framework and not by the DLR framework. The portable CLR framework (not to be confused with the compact...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, C#, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, Microsoft Silverlight, CLR, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Visual Studio 2008 coming next week
- Visual Studio 2008 coming next weekAwesome!Christmas will be arriving early for me this year! The second beta release was pretty good, higher quality than beta 2 for VS 2005, so I'm anticipating a blockbuster RTM release this time around as well! Thanks Microsoft!VS 2008 Isolated ShellFor me one of the...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft development tools, Application servers, Middleware, Programming languages, Silverlight 1.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio, RTM Release, Microsoft Silverlight
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- Vista sells! More WPF apps coming?
- Vista sells! More WPF apps coming?Microsoft is the underdog... for nowIt's entirely possible that Microsoft's Silverlight will overtake Flash more quickly than most would think possible. Flash may have over 90% deployment of its player into browsers, but all Microsoft has to do is deliver Silverlight as part of a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, .NET, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF app, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- Microsoft 'Arrowhead' to up support for 'occasionally connected' apps
- With online/offline application synchronization such a hot topic these days, it's not too surprising that Microsoft is working on enhancements to its development platform to help programmers write these kinds of apps. "Arrowhead" -- Microsoft's next release of the Common Language Runtime CLR and Base Class Library...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Corp., Arrowhead, .Net Framework 3.5, .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Tolesto
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Silverlight (wpf/e), Development tools, Code names, .Net Framework
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)
- Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)Java rules the known universeJava absolutely dominates the software development market. Java has been and continues to be a raging success. All of this prior to Java being open-sourced. Now that Java is OSS, we'll see it playing an...
- Tags: Programming languages, Java 6, Java horse, theory, C#, Java, JavaFX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Silverlight...coming soon to Linux
- Silverlight...coming soon to LinuxWell, Novell asked.That gave Novell an advantage in the competition to see which version of Linux Microsoft would support. Novell also had some potential IP Court cases that could have been expensive. (Not forgetting a case that was excluded from the agreement.)Also, Novell needed the...
- Tags: .NET, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Mono, Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
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