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|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:04 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |And directX is ? | ||-----Original Message----- ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph ||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:03 AM ||To: ozDotNet ||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced || ||Right, but surely WinRT apps can themselves be written in native code, ||they just can't reference any non-winrt components? || ||Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone ||Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in ||this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you ||may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built ||to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or ||attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own ||and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. || || ||-----Original Message----- ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy ||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:54 AM ||To: 'ozDotNet' ||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced || ||I thought Windows RT only allowed WinRT apps with the exception of the ||preloaded Office. || |||-----Original Message----- |||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:45 AM |||To: ozDotNet |||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced ||| |||Not sure I follow "Windows RT" isn't encouraging native apps? ||| |||Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone |||Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in |||this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you |||may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. |||Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails |||or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's |||own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. ||| ||| |||-----Original Message----- |||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:41 AM |||To: 'ozDotNet' |||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced ||| |||I'd like to think those discussions were had in private forums before |||MS made it all public yesterday. ||| |||Re: developer advice, I thought MS also made it clear the new native |||support was to make it easier for apps to port over from iOS and |||Android. The existing 7.5 (soon to be 7.8) market is small. Last I |||heard was < 2%, and that figure will drop not grow; that is it has now |||reached its ||peak. ||| |||It'll be interesting to see when the SDK is available what's what. I'm |||still unclear if there will be WinRT on the phone. It also seems funny |||to me that the phone is encouraging native apps, but Windows RT isn't. |||The developer story still is not clear to me ||| ||||-----Original Message----- ||||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph ||||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:32 AM ||||To: ozDotNet ||||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced |||| ||||Bill, don’t get me wrong I share the same frustations (was on a call ||||with the phone team at 3am this morning talking about it). The upshot ||||is that if we want to support Windows Phone we need to build guidance ||||to assist developers build for 7.x (which will work across wp8) ||||unless they specifically want to leverage wp8 functions. |||| |||| |||| ||||Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone ||||Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in ||||this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, ||||you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. ||||Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails ||||or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's ||||own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. |||| |||| |||| ||||-----Original Message----- ||||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy ||||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:29 AM ||||To: 'ozDotNet' ||||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced |||| |||| |||| ||||Yeh yeh, I know "suck it up princess" ;) |||| |||| |||| ||||The issue is out in the public, from gizmodo, engadget, Wall Street ||||journal etc etc; we, and Microsoft can't hide from that. They need to ||||come out with a better story, a better explanation, or both. |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||||-----Original Message----- |||| |||||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com |||||<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet- |||| |||||boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:|boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] On Behalf Of |||||Nick Randolph |||| |||||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:24 AM |||| |||||To: ozDotNet |||| |||||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced |||| ||||| |||| |||||We vented yesterday, now to get on with business. Public posts like |||| |||||this don't help a bad situation, they just make it worse. Accept |||||what |||| |||||is, and move on - complaining isn't going to change what's going to |||||come to ||||pass. |||| ||||| |||| |||||Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows |||||Phone |||| |||||Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in |||| |||||this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, |||||you |||| |||||may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. |||||Built |||| |||||to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or |||| |||||attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own |||| |||||and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. |||| ||||| |||| ||||| |||| |||||-----Original Message----- |||| |||||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com |||||<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet- |||| |||||boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:|boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] On Behalf Of |||||Bill McCarthy |||| |||||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:14 AM |||| |||||To: 'ozDotNet' |||| |||||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced |||| ||||| |||| |||||My Friday venting: |||| |||||http://msmvps.com/blogs/bill/archive/2012/06/22/why-isn-t-windows-ph |||||o |||||n |||||e |||| |||||-8- |||| |||||an-update-for-nokia-lumia-s.aspx |||| ||||| |||| ||||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ||| || |