RE: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

>> Broken how? Let's say you decide to implement a new feature in a TFS branch. You branch the trunk to FeatureX. Over the course of a week, you make 13 check-ins to that branch. During this time, the rest of your team made another 19 changes to the trunk. The feature is now stable, so you deci

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Paul Stovell wrote: > > > Broken how? [...] > In Mercurial it works different. You'd pull the 19 changes made to the trunk > to your local repository - they'd be replayed, one-by-one, against your > files. You'll still do the merges (leaving alone that Mercurial

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

Just adding my 2c: I used to use Subversion and loved it - it did everything I wanted it to do. One day I had some time on my hands and decided to try Mercurial, just to see what it was like. I have never used Subversion since. 90% of my stuff is single developer and local (when I'm on contract I

[OT] WP7 Handset/device

Does anyone know where you can buy a WP7 Handset/device outright without a plan? Telstra are selling them I think but there price is pretty high and only have 2 phones http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/10/telstra-sets-outright-buy-prices-for-windows-phone-7-handsets/ What do people think about bu

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Really depends on what network you're wanting to use it on. If its Telstra, there are only TWO in the US that use the 850Mhz 3G band, the Samsung Focus & the HTC Surround. If it is on Optus, Three or Voda, they use the 2100Mhz & 900Mhz 3G bands, so you're pretty much set on 7 out of the 9 lau

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

http://www.mobicity.com.au/phone-categories/smartphones/windows/windows-phone.html?order=price&dir=asc On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Chris Walsh wrote: > Really depends on what network you're wanting to use it on.  If its Telstra, > there are only TWO in the US that use the 850Mhz 3G band, the

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Chris, so you are suggesting the HTC Mozart, is best model to get? On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM, .net noobie wrote: > http://www.mobicity.com.au/phone-categories/smartphones/windows/windows-phone.html?order=price&dir=asc > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Chris Walsh wrote: >> Really depends

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I am, but really depends on if you want an Australian warranty etc... If you purchase it from MobiCity the phones don't have an AU warranty. I'd suggest getting it outright via Telstra. Or if you want a plan, get it on via Telstra, free on a $49 plan, and the phones are unlocked by default. -

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I lost my phone in Sydney airport, I left it on a bench, came back a couple minutes later some prick had already taken it so I been waiting to buy a WP7 phone, but I am not so keen on the planes/contracts to a telco company On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:10 PM, .net noobie wrote: > Chris, so you are su

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I picked up the Mozart day after release and am happy with it, that being said I haven't seen/used any other WP7 phones. Camera is good and build quality of the phone is solid, battery life is ok with wireless off and not so good <12 hours with it on. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:10 PM, .net noobie w

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

thanks Chris does anyone who has used a WP7 have an Idea on the volume of data it uses in general use when it is loading your emails and pics, twitter posts etc On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:16 PM, .net noobie wrote: > I lost my phone in Sydney airport, I left it on a bench, came back a > couple minu

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Not really with Telstra you only get a pitiful 400mb allowance and I burned through half of that in 3 hours of getting the phone. A lot of that was buying apps setting up accounts and syncing data tho. I have the data turned off except for wifi. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:20 PM, .net noobie wrote:

RE: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

I use TFS a *lot* in my day to day work. It is the enterprise SCM tool of choice. I have recently made the switch to Mercurial (after some recent investigation of Git and Mercurial) for my personal work projects. I am not going to go into theory though. TFS merges and conflict resolutions are a pa

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

It's actually 500MB, and you can change that, I managed to get 3GB on the $79 plan for an extra $3. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Simon Reed Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2010 10:23 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device Not

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Can I ask why you like the HTC Mozart over the Samsung Omnia 7 is it the 8 MP camera, or other things as well? On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Chris Walsh wrote: > It’s actually 500MB, and you can change that, I managed to get 3GB on the > $79 plan for an extra $3. > > > > > > From: ozdotnet-bou

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I like the 3.7" screen. The Omnia 7 is a 4" device. I just like the smaller one, and you can't beat the NextG network for speed. Optus sucks and Voda/Three are hopeless for coverage. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Beha

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

+1 on both points On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Chris Walsh wrote: > I like the 3.7" screen. The Omnia 7 is a 4" device. I just like the > smaller one, and you can't beat the NextG network for speed. Optus sucks > and Voda/Three are hopeless for coverage. > > -Original Message- > Fr

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

OK thanks for the info guys :) On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Simon Reed wrote: > +1 on both points > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Chris Walsh wrote: >> >> I like the 3.7" screen.  The Omnia 7 is a 4" device.  I just like the >> smaller one, and you can't beat the NextG network for speed.

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I been looking at the 3G / NextG stuff am I correct in thinking that standard 3G uses 2100 MHz and Telstra's NextG uses 850 MHz therefore... I could get a phone that is not 850 MHz, but is 2100 MHz this will still be 3G, but not NextG and therefore even if I used telstra I would not get th

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Chris, beg to differ on the warranty front - http://www.mobicity.com.au/extras/warranty.html Nick Randolph | Built to Roam | Microsoft MVP - Windows Phone Development | +61 412 413 425 The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not di

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

It's a mobicity warranty, not a manufacturer's warranty :) Dotnetnoobie, 3G is 3G. Different operators use different bands. 2100mhz band was the first to market in AU but it has a poor range. The following bands are used on the networks in AU Telstra - 2100mhz (being decommissioned), 850m

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

How bad is the Optus network really I really only intend on being in a city, never really going to be in the country the optus plans just seem to give alot more then telstra on the data side *Bonus Unlimited mobile access to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, eBay and Foursquare4* this could r

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

ok 850 means less towers but better coverage still, i just reading about it I am not really into mobile phones, it's worse than trying to choose a ISP for internet connections On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:26 PM, .net noobie wrote: > How bad is the Optus network really > > I really only intend on b

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Mobicity is probably worth more than a manufacturer's warranty (HTC aren't the best to deal with from personal experience), especially if you upgrade to the 3 year warranty Nick Randolph | Built to Roam | Microsoft MVP - Windows Phone Development | +61 412 413 425 The information contained in

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I was on Optus with my iphone. I got the shits with them in the end, the number of times I'd be in the city and it would be giving me a GPRS connection (no 3G) drove me crazy. Telstra have finally become competitive with their pricing. My HTC Mozart is costing me $49 a month with nothing to pay fo

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Settings > Lock & Wallpaper > Screen time-out 30s/1m/3m/5m/never on mine On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > I was on Optus with my iphone. I got the shits with them in the end, > the number of times I'd be in the city and it would be giving me a > GPRS connection (no 3G) drov

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Stephen, do you have it all setup for getting the services and photos etc? do you have any issues with blowing your data limits or you don't know yet? On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > > I was on Optus with my iphone. I got the shits with them in the end, > the number of tim

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yeah I've got mine set to 5 mins, but if I press the button top right (which locks the screen) then it locks it again. I guess its a habit from my iphone, I lock it then stick it in pocket so I know buttons wont be accidently pressed while in pocket. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Simon Reed wro

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Anyone going to make any WP7 Apps? On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > Yeah I've got mine set to 5 mins, but if I press the button top right > (which locks the screen) then it locks it again. I guess its a habit > from my iphone, I lock it then stick it in pocket so I know but

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Ahh, did wonder. Not going to help you but I quite like the Attentive Phone app's additions free from htc On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > Yeah I've got mine set to 5 mins, but if I press the button top right > (which locks the screen) then it locks it again. I guess its a h

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Looking at it but don't have any killer ideas yet, for those that have missed it there is an official free ebook on wp7 dev http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/10/28/free-ebook-programming-windows-phone-7-by-charles-petzold.aspx On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:38 PM, .net noobie wrote:

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I seem to be averaging about 3Mb per day. I've used 45Mb of my 512Mb data. I use it for general browsing and dont limit anything like pictures or anything. I do have it hooked up to wifi at home and at work so that would help reduce actual 3G bandwidth used. 500Mb should be plenty. Its mostly twit

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/htcs-attentive-phone-adds-features-to-windows-phone-7-video On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > I seem to be averaging about 3Mb per day. I've used 45Mb of my 512Mb > data. I use it for general browsing and dont limit anything like > pictures

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Does anyone know if marketplace/downloads are metered content through Telstra I know Telstra One is unmetered and thought maybe marketplace could be the same as you can add the cost of apps to the mobile bill? (probably just wishful thinking) On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Stephen Price wrote: >

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

am I correct in thinking the Mozart you cannot add extra memory/storage but you can in the Samsung i8700 Omnia 7 http://www.mobicity.com.au/phone-categories/smartphones/windows/windows-phone.html Mozart http://www.htc.com/au/product/7mozart/specification.html Samsung i8700 Omnia 7 http://www.sams

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yes that is correct Sent from my Windows Phone From: .net noobie Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 1:08 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device am I correct in thinking the Mozart you cannot add extra memory/storage but you can in the Samsung i8700 Omnia

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

They are metered downloads Sent from my Windows Phone From: Simon Reed Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 12:47 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device Does anyone know if marketplace/downloads are metered content through Telstra I know Telstra One is unm

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

On 5 November 2010 00:38, .net noobie wrote: > Anyone going to make any WP7 Apps? Not til it takes off. You're better off targeting Android, or even %diety% help us, the iPhone, with its crap developer contract. > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Stephen Price > wrote: >> >> Yeah I've got mi

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On 4 November 2010 12:43, silky wrote: > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Cooney > wrote: >> argumentative? silky? GTFO! > > :) > > >> Most of my experience with DVCS has been with >> mercurial (hg) which I've used for about the last 2 years for my personal >> stuff. Before that I used SV

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

>> Yeah, this is what I thought. And I can't help but feel this is >> totally overrated. I mean, I don't know a single person who would say >> using SVN is slow. > > It is glacially slow when your repository is not local.  There, a > single person has said it.  Look at minute/s to do something like

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On 5 November 2010 08:37, mike smith wrote: > > Yeah, this is what I thought. And I can't help but feel this is > > totally overrated. I mean, I don't know a single person who would say > > using SVN is slow. > > It is glacially slow when your repository is not local. There, a > single person ha

RE: It's a question of Generics...

Thanks James, In the end, I just added the extra generic parameters and continued, it's not a pretty as I had hoped, but it does work. In the end, my question boiled down to, it I create an interface that has generic parameters Interface IMyInterface(of T) which I then write an im

RE: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

Hi, I would just like to say I disagree with this assessment of merging in TFS. In TFS, you would also merge the 19 changes from Trunk into the Feature branch first, resolve conflicts & checkin, then merge Feature branch back into Trunk. This generally works well. Cherry-picking merges is a diff

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

Putting the flavour of your DVCS aside for the moment... How "secure" do you feel having all your code, IP, etc, sitting on somebody elses servers ? If they shut up shop tomorrow, do you keep a local copy of everything too ?? What cost per month are you paying to have it hosted *in the cloud* ? (so

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Grant Molloy wrote: > Putting the flavour of your DVCS aside for the moment... > > How "secure" do you feel having all your code, IP, etc, sitting on somebody > elses servers ? > > If they shut up shop tomorrow, do you keep a local copy of everything too ?? > What

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

Hi Silky, Wasn't directed directly at you, but at anyone who wants to provide an answer... Wow... $90 a month IS expensive.. but tax deductible !! On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:59 AM, silky wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Grant Molloy wrote: > > Putting the flavour of your DVCS aside for

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yep, just playing with one now. :) |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of .net noobie |Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 12:38 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device | |Anyone going to make any WP7 Apps? |

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yeh I find it's a phone you need to charge every day. Would have been nice if you could just plop it in a cradle, but sadly you have to plug in a micro usb on the side. As to camera, it's "okay", but not brilliant. Good for snaps (macro not bad, zoom in nature scenes not good). The best feature a

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Use Zune on the PC for marketplace ;) |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Simon Reed |Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 12:48 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device | |Does anyone know if marketplace/dow

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

That still doesn't download the apps via Zune. They're downloaded via 3G, unless you're connected via WiFi. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 11:36 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subj

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Speaking of Zune is there a timeline for Zune pass or music coming to Aus? On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: > Use Zune on the PC for marketplace ;) > > |-Original Message- > |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- > |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of S

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Not that I've seen, they're all being quite on that front. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Simon Reed Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 11:39 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device Speaking of Zune is there a timeline for Zune pas

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yeh sucks if you want even simple things like ringtones :'( |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Chris Walsh |Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 11:42 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device | |Not that I'

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I just tested by disabling network data and 3G and wireless. Takes a few minutes but it does seem to get it over the USB lead. |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Chris Walsh |Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 11:37 AM

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I did see a twitter post (in response to me asking about Zune pass) that it was coming, but no timeframe on when. On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Simon Reed wrote: > Speaking of Zune is there a timeline for Zune pass or music coming to Aus? > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yeah, they've been saying "it's coming" for years. Bill, For ringtones, the support is in the Silverlight App Model, but there is no way to access the Ringtones folder in the end user SDK, it's included in the Native SDK. We've got access to the Capability in the WMAppManifest "ID_CAP_RINGTON

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yeh there's a few frustrations with the end user SDK. My list includes, (but not limited to) is: - no way to get list of contacts from the phone itself - no support for vcard or ical etc (although this surfaces more in the user interface not being able to accept or attach vcard to text messages) -

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On 5 November 2010 09:55, David Connors wrote: > On 5 November 2010 08:37, mike smith wrote: >> >> > Yeah, this is what I thought. And I can't help but feel this is >> > totally overrated. I mean, I don't know a single person who would say >> > using SVN is slow. >> >> It is glacially slow when y

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On 5 November 2010 10:59, silky wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Grant Molloy wrote: >> Putting the flavour of your DVCS aside for the moment... >> >> How "secure" do you feel having all your code, IP, etc, sitting on somebody >> elses servers ? >> >> If they shut up shop tomorrow, do yo

Re: Why DVCS, was Re: TFS Feedaback? Anyone moved away from it?

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:42 PM, mike smith wrote: > On 5 November 2010 10:59, silky wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Grant Molloy wrote: >>> Putting the flavour of your DVCS aside for the moment... >>> >>> How "secure" do you feel having all your code, IP, etc, sitting on somebody >>>

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

My 2c... I went for the Mozart too, mostly for the NextG network. I can always swap out the handset for something 'later and greater' down the track if I want to but changing contracts is much harder. I've had phones with both Voda and Optus and got tired of the service dropouts and poor coverage.

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

With regards to the last one - does IsolatedStorage work for you? -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:18 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device Yeh the

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Uhm, not really. Isolated storage is good, but doesn't share data across apps. There's various scenarios such as crm's or customer service based apps where it is desirable to have small apps that share the same core data (rather than try to cram every feature into the one app them disabling featur

Re: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Nick Randolph, made a post on his blog i think where he used an image to store data, which I you could access from different apps, not really a good solution I guess, but maybe OK for some situations http://nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/post/2010/09/29/Windows-Phone-7-Passing-Data-Between-Applic

Re: MVVM in a navigational paradigm

Why aren't you guys using Presenters plus DataTemplates / Views for the overall orchestration? in that Accessing a Presenter to handle the marshaling between View and Model/ViewModel is perfectly righteous - espec if you cheat and use AutoFac? :) As for mapping ViewModels to Views via Resource Di

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yep I saw that. I had thought the same too. It was that I was referring to when I said "hack a bitmap". It's not really a good solution or a secure one. And like I said, that people even consider this is a real sign the phone is too limiting but not having shared data. What I am hoping we will

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Oh, and that shared data/files area should also include documents that can be attached to emails/opened in office on the phone etc |-Original Message- |From: Bill McCarthy [mailto:b...@totalenviro.com] |Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 1:47 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/d

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

"secure shared data" doesn't belong on a portable device, that can be a) lost, stolen or hacked. If you want something that is available to use between company apps, then you need to have a central repo in the cloud somewhere. Sure you need to "cache" it locally, but it shouldn't be available

Fwd: [ozalt.net] Source control hosting poll

-- Forwarded message -- From: David Burela Date: Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:18 PM Subject: [ozalt.net] Source control hosting poll To: ozaltdotnet Scott Hanselmann just tweeted this URL http://hnsl.mn/a4b7LZ a quick 30 second survey on where do you host your open source project code

Windbg

Hey all, Piers Williams did a great presentation last night at the Perth .Net user group (thanks Piers). Today I decided to use my new found skills (yeah right) and try it all out on a crash that I'm getting. The book he recommended is great (Advanced .Net Debugging by Mario Hewardt) but unfortun

Re: [OT] Laptop & Virtualisation recommendations

Hi All I have a HP DV7 laptop purchased early on in the year and was disgusted to find it would not support 64bit virtualisation. Live and learn about the chipset tweaks required ! Anyway it has Windoze 7, 4Gb RAM, 2.2 chip & 7200rpm drive so in reality I thought it should still drive a VMware se

RE: [OT] Laptop & Virtualisation recommendations

Depends on your exact requirements are and also on the budget. If you looking for a fast machine and don't mind spending a bit, can't go past Sony Z Series. I have 138GG and it is hands down one of t

RE: [OT] Laptop & Virtualisation recommendations

I have been using Dell XPS 15 for last couple of years and haven't looked back. Link: http://www1.ap.dell.com/au/en/home/notebooks/xps-15/pd.aspx?refid=xps-15 &s=dhs&cs=audhs1&~ck=mn From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Kinnear Sent:

Re: [OT] Laptop & Virtualisation recommendations

Slightly off-topic - given developing on virtual machines seems to be the norm nowadays, has anyone considered using Citrix XenClient ( http://citrix.com/xenclient)? It's a bare-metal hypervisor similar to ESX, but runs on desktop/laptop hardware and (obviously) has the ability to use VMs on the s

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Yep !!! |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 2:23 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device | |Reality check: I think that those in the bush, on a train/bus (

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

Hi Chris, |I'm sure they "get" mobility, but as most of us know the timelines they were on |to cut v1. Sh*t just had to be "left out". That's a completely different argument from what you earlier said: "secure shared data" doesn't belong on a portable device". On the secure data thing, well t

RE: It's a question of Generics...

Hi Clint, Your second approach should work out fine. I use that kind of thing when I want to work with lists of generic types that have different generic parameters. interface IProperty { object Value {get; set;} Type PropertyType {get;} } interface IProperty : IProperty {

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

I never said the Office Hub is secure. If you need a document to be shared with apps, that's the place to put it (if we had access). If you want to secure it, then they should use the same secure ISO model they use for Silverlight apps in the browser. There is two ISO stores, one for the app,

Canonical ASCII string roundtrip

Folks, I have a pair of utility methods that I wrote in Framework 1.0 that "escapes" and "unescapes" non-ASCII strings so I can roundtrip them via ASCII. So the string "ABC123ΑΒΓ" (last 3 chars are Greek) becomes "ABC123\u0391\u0392\u0393" and I can later reverse it. This ancient manual code must b