Fragmentation is good? I don't think so. I can't see any need to drop/demote OzDotNet - starting a OzWinRT might be a good idea (though as I understand Windows 8, in running it on my machines I could choose to have its UI being "Windows-old" instead of the lurid patchwork quilt; and the WinRT fast-booting UI won't force me to stop developing for Windows via .NET, across all versions of Windows).
With a new OzWinRT email list, there will be the deserved attention on the new technologies and UI in Win8 for a year or two - then (like WPF and Silverlight) my guess is that there is really no reason for a separate email list, and coalescence with (OzDotNet, or some other name) would be a sensible course. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Luu Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:01 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: ozdotnet vs ozwinrt etc Oz-MSDev? On 27 September 2011 11:55, Jake Ginnivan <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ozwindows? >> >> On 27 September 2011 11:41, David Connors <[email protected]> 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 | [email protected] | www.codify.com >>> Software Engineer >>> Codify Pty Ltd >>> Phone: +61 <tel:%2B61%20%287%29%203210%206268> (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 <tel:%2B61%20%287%29%203210%206269> | 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 > >
