This is probably stupid (and old news now), but if you saw the xaml demo during the PDC of Avalon (presented by Don Box I think), here is the code to reproduce that sample. Please note that you would need to change the source tag in the Video class to a path that makes more sense for you. Also, as always, please use common sense when running this. Don’t flame me if something blows up....
Unfortunately, I am not one of the lucky guys with a smartphone, but for those who do have one, Lutz Roeder, <strong>released</strong> the code and the binaries for Digger (a copy of Dig-dug from the good ol Dos days) for the Smartphone. It needs the Smartphone 2003 and .NET CF.
Waaah… so <strong>Microsoft is clipping Longhorn</strong> and pushing out the release. There have also been rumours of pushing WinFS to Blackcomb (which would be the server version of Longhorn). Also. some rumours of a new version XP which would have a newer version of Media Player with a built-in online shopping piece akin to iTunes. When Longhorn does ship (as of now in 2006), it would be the biggest gap in Microsoft’s history between OS releases - almost half a decade, that in the IT world is an era....
Interesting article on GMSV. Typically, the only way to get a good look at Microsoft’s source code was <strong>via leak</strong> or the company’s “Shared Source” program. No longer. On Monday, Microsoft released some of its code (the Windows Installer Xml (WiX) toolset ) under an open-source license, and <strong>posted it on SourceForge</strong> . Rob Mensching, the Microsoft employee behind the unprecedented code release, commented on it in a post to his Web log....
Wow, now that is big - especially from me :). But I agree with <strong>Bill Hill</strong> on this one. BTW, this from slashdot, Microsoft quietly launched <strong>Channel 9</strong> , a blog/discussion forum aimed at improving communication with outside developers, on Tuesday. Named for the audio channel that many airlines use to let passengers listen in on crew conversations during flight, Channel 9’s creators state the following in a welcoming message: ‘Five of us in Redmond are crazy enough to think we just might learn something from getting to know each other…Join in, and have a look inside our cockpit and help us fly the plane....
Ah, good to <strong>see</strong> that those “sun” guys are finally coming to their senses, and evolving from the dark side. May the force be with them! Now, which is the next company that Microsoft should save? Maybe the one run by this unintellectual (gotta be PC you see) called Larry Ellison. ;)
For those who know me, know I am a big Microsoft fan and am one of their big unofficial evangelists. But there is a very interesting article uncovering some embarassing and amusing PR at MS <strong>here</strong> .