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A new Opportunity for me...
As many of you know after you ship a major release there is inevitably a re-org as the teams get in alignment to deliver on the next set of opportunities… One of the outcomes of our post- Whidbey shuffle here at Microsoft was to create a product unit Read More...
Where to find ISV-style C# experience
I had an opportunity recently to chat briefly to Eric Hahn (of Netscape and Lookout fame) about his next interesting project… which btw, will be built in C# just like lookout. He mentioned that it was hard to find developers with world class ISV-style Read More...
WinFX Nov CTP for use with VS2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 RTM
At long last we have a WinFX build to release that works great with “Whidbey” RTM. Here is the low-down: Uninstall any previous release (you can use the uninstall tool ) Download and install WinFX Runtime bits Download and install the SDK . Note this Read More...
Posted 18 November 05 10:01 by BradA | 11 Comments   
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PDC: What do you think of the updated WinFX poster?
If you check out your attendee bag you will find a couple of posters… One of which is an updated version of the WinFX poster we first did at the 2003 PDC. Joe Duffy and I worked on it (with help from many others)… It was good fun to take a top-down look Read More...
Posted 13 September 05 04:30 by BradA | 6 Comments   
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MSDN goodness today: Cool MSDN Vista site launched and WinFX Runtime Beta1
Check out… we got some coolness going on the MSDN Vista page and * ANYONE * can download the WinFX Runtime Beta1 bits. They are very close to the RC we posted a while back, mostly just bugfixes, but good to have it done. We are celebrating the launch Read More...
Posted 27 July 05 10:56 by BradA | 3 Comments   
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Object Pascal Support for Avalon...
Check it out -- http://blogs.remobjects.com/blogs/mh/archive/2005/07/17/3023.aspx Looks cool... I also so a demo of a COBOL implemenation doing XAML as well this morning... I love seeing our language vendors excited about opening the platform to a wider Read More...
Posted 19 July 05 08:12 by BradA | 2 Comments   
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Uninstall magic: MSIZap and MSIInv
Like many of you, my laptop is very “dirty”… I tend to install the latest pre-release builds when they come out… occasionally there are bugs that make it uninstall not even work. Usually what happens is a go to install a newer version of a product and Read More...
Posted 24 June 05 07:42 by BradA | 13 Comments   
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Do you have CTP Madness??
Our friends over at Channel9 just posted a cure for CTP Madness … Here is an excerpt from this site which helps you decide what builds work together… Community Technology Previews (CTPs) are regular interim releases of Microsoft technologies while they Read More...
Posted 14 June 05 11:41 by BradA | 7 Comments   
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Download the Beta1 RC of our WinFX Technologies
I am excited to announce that the Beta1 Release Candidate (that means all-but-final) build of Avalon and Indigo is available for everyone to download off MSDN. Microsoft® Pre-Release Software Code Named “Avalon” and “Indigo” Beta1 RC This build is based Read More...
Posted 23 May 05 11:08 by BradA | 8 Comments   
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Two free gifts: WinFX for all and IronPython
Some great new giveaways in the developer space recently… First, we just posted the Avalon and Indigo CTP for all to download … it is no longer just for MSDN\U subscribers. Please take a look and give us your feedback! Second, JimHugg , and JoelPob just Read More...
Posted 25 March 05 06:40 by BradA | 11 Comments   
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