article

REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 388

[subjects-summary]

  1. [11:00] smalltalk
    1. ] leo lost his fleetwood mac ticks
    2. ]
  2. [00:00] msft launches .net as open source 
    1. ] open sourced the ".dot net" server side stack - everything for the server side of .net
    2. ] like a msft version of java
    3. ] MIT licence
    4. ] a step to .net being x/platform al
    5. ] strategy - to attract developers, some say .net is a "windows" thing
    6. ] .net becomes a much bigger thing as the result
    7. ] .net - explained - a programming framework
    8. ] different languages
    9. ] you dont write in .net, you write to net
    10. ] would they take the core, the guts, open source
    11. ] xamarin - mono
    12. ] developer, miguel de caza,
    13. ] maybe its the best of both worlds
    14. ] the metro environment is not managed code, something similar, sits to the side
    15. ] runtime engine, garbage collection
    16. ] like java, like ruby on rails,
    17. ] more people to the platform.
    18. ] msft doesnt want to own the boat, they want to own the ocean
    19. ] ios and xcode are difficutl
    20. ] advange msft - visual studio, framework,
    21. ]
  3. [00:00] new more complete preview of VS-2015
    1. ] comes with .net 5
    2. ] new features -
    3. ] write everywhere - ] cloud, ] web
    4. ] asp.net 5
    5. ] replacement for VS express
    6. ] use VS for free, shop of up to
    7. ] can
    8. ] ...
    9. ] .net explainer by -  ] runtime, ] languages plug in ] ] apps use them all
    10. ] concern - i just paid for msdn ...
    11. ] like office - free version, limited features ?? paid
    12. ]
  4. [00:00] msft developed an emulator for android
    1. ] part of VS 2015, similar to windows phone emulater
    2. ] existing android emulators are pretty terrible ( what about bluestacks) 
    3. ] no
  5. [00:00] how will this change to landscape
    1. ] if msft had done this 10 years, java would have never taken off
    2. ] notion of native apps has taken a backset
    3. ] movement to open source, started years ago, under Balmer's reign, gets no credit
    4. ]
  6. [00:00] xamarin
    1. ] do they have free version, student ? hobbyist versions
    2. ] previously created their own code, now can take msft code
    3. ] currently 2 companies working together
    4. ]
  7. [00:00] what about winRT?
    1. ] not backing away from it
    2. ]  
  8. [00:00] why should i use windows, if msft is going all open source and x/platform 
    1. ] windows PC, tablet, phone
    2. ] problem with windows phone updates on vzw
    3. ] for years was always first and best on windows, now its last and maybe not best
    4. ]
    5. ] complaint about no office apps for win phone - not something people are really going to do, edit office apps on a phone
    6. ] looks like msft is
    7. ] 5 new phones in 2 months, $99 phones for third world
    8. ] like 10 years, MAC was premiums, WIN was cheaper device for the masses
    9. ] msft flagship phones are not selling, lumia 920 was only flagship that ever sold well
    10. ] FWIW lumia 735, is daily driver, loves it
    11. ] what mobile device to buy, i am going to
    12. ] example kindle app
    13. ] MJF - for the records, sticking with windows but thinking in the back of my mind, IF no great devices, would probably go to android
    14. ] can have a msft experience on android - onedrive, skype, outlook,
    15. ] PC - ....
    16. ] BREAK - sharefile
  9. [00:00]
    1. ]
  10. [00:00] TIP OF THE WEEK 
    1. ] none
  11. [00:00] SOFTWARE PICK OF THE WEEK
    1. ]
  12. [00:00] ENTERPRISE PICK OF THE WEEK
    1. ]
  13. [00:00] CODENAME OF THE WEEK
    1. ]
  14. [00:00] BEER PICKS OF THE WEEK
    1. ]

 

[objects]

  1. [tech-sw os] 
    1. ] windows 8.x 
    2. ] windows 8.1 update 
    3. ] windows 8.1 update 2
    4. ] windows 9.x (threshold)
    5. ]
  2. [tech-hw-tablets]
    1. ] tablet - surface pro 3
  3. [tech-hw-gaming]
    1. ] x-box-one
  4. [tech-hw-smartphones]
    1. ] smartphone - lumia 630
    2. ] smartphone - lumia 635
  5. [tech-software]
    1. ] office-365

[people]

  1. ] twit tv - windows weekly
    1. ] host - Leo Laporte
    2. ] co-host - Paul Thurrott - 
    3. ] co-host - Mary Jo Foley - 
  2. ] MSFT - microsoft
    1. ]

[events]

[places]

  1. ] SHOW - PAGE url - Windows Weekly 388 | TWiT.TV - watch the live video of this episode
  2. ] SHOW - audio - twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0388/ww0388.mp3 - download the .mp3 audio file
  3. ] http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29431412
  4. ]
Details Photos Edit more

Details

ID: 3985

NAME: REVIEW-windows-weekly-388

DESCRIPTION: [90:00] msft open sources asp.net ] NEW visual studio 2015 preview ] NEW msft android emulator ] xamarin ] why windows? ]

AUTHOR: article.author/s

EDITOR: article.editor/s

PUBLISHER: article.publisher/s

STATUS: Write

PRIORITY: -5

OWNER ID: 75

Content Photos Edit more

photos

page_photo

actions

Email Email-Owner SMS and