Oz-MSDev? On 27 September 2011 11:55, Jake Ginnivan <jake.ginni...@readify.net> wrote:
> ozXaml makes sense to me.**** > > ** ** > > WPF and Silverlight are not legacy, WinRT and Metro apps are win8 metro > only as far as I understand. WPF and Silverlight still have a place. All of > these things are Xaml based. Pretty easy to just put [WPF], [SL], [Metro] in > front of your post if it is specific to a stack. **** > > ** ** > > Jake**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes > *Sent:* Tuesday, 27 September 2011 7:22 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: ozdotnet vs ozwinrt etc**** > > ** ** > > WinUX - lol.. didn't think of the Linux...so True :) **** > > ** ** > > how about ozwindev? ozwindl? (distribution list), ozXAML ?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > **** > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:07 AM, David Richards < > ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> wrote:**** > > ozwinux? Sounds like an unholy alliance between windows and linux. I > think the universe would implode. > > I see nothing wrong with creating a new list but I wouldn't force or > even encourage migration. I would advertising its existence rather > than say its a replacement. Let people migrate if they choose to. > Either people will warm to the idea and stop posting on the current > lists or they wont bother with the new list. > > Just my opinion. > > David > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes > will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" > -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama**** > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 09:00, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'd probably shoot for ozwinux. If your main goal is to discuss the > future > > of .NET looking at the architecture breakdown i'm not sure everyone is > going > > to rush completely over into the WinRT way of life especially given how > slow > > enterprises around Australia have been in adoption in both Windows 7 vs > > Windows XP and WPF/Silverlight. > > I think there is still quite a few years to go before we start really > seeing > > a massive departure in current thinking. I think that consolidating the > > WPF/SL space could also be a bit of a win today given i'm on both lists > and > > haven't found either to be high in traffic (that is to say they seem to > have > > equally reasonable levels of discussion and yet low enough to not > > really justify a partitioned community) > > Something like ozwinx or ozwinux is really a focused discussion now > around > > User Experience Platforms in Microsoft Tech... WinRT, Win32 etc. > > ? > > --- > > Regards, > > Scott Barnes > > http://www.riagenic.com > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Preet Sangha <preetsan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> ozwindows? > >> > >> On 27 September 2011 11:41, David Connors <da...@codify.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Howdy, > >>> Given the architectural changes in Windows, I am canvasing what we > should > >>> be doing with a number of these lists. WinRT is the new replacement for > >>> Win32 moving forward. WPF an SL become marginalised/legacy with XAML on > >>> WinRT being the new way forward. > >>> So, any thoughts on new list structures and so on to inflect the > >>> new/pending reality? > >>> My thinking is that: > >>> > >>> ozdotnet, ozwpf and ozsilverlight would end up being legacy toward the > >>> release of Win8. > >>> ozwinrt (registered it last night) would be a point of unifying the > >>> audiences from the above three lists. > >>> > >>> Thoughts, comments? > >>> David. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> David Connors | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com > >>> Software Engineer > >>> Codify Pty Ltd > >>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 > 417 > >>> 189 363 > >>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > >>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> regards, > >> Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland > > > >**** > > ** ** >
