Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-22 Thread silky
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Michael Lyons maill...@ittworx.com wrote: That said, I think it's significantly faster on Windows 7 than XP. But of course, I love XP, and have no reason to upgrade. I've noticed it as well, particularly on VM's. I think it's to do with the way Windows 7

RE: Developer apathy...

2010-03-21 Thread Michael Lyons
- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of silky Sent: Friday, 19 March 2010 5:32 PM To: Jonathan Parker Cc: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Developer apathy... On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Jonathan Parker jonathanparkerem...@gmail.com wrote: Hey

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-21 Thread DotNet Dude
For me it also depends on the team you work with. At my last job people got really excited with new stuff and so it rubbed off on me a little, so VS2008 was a big deal. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.com wrote: I've come across something that perplexes me

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-21 Thread mike smith
On 19 March 2010 16:53, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.com wrote: I've come across something that perplexes me today... Just curious if others have hit it. I asked about the office when we'd be starting to use Visual Studio 2010, and if anyone was excited about it and all I got back was

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-19 Thread Jonathan Parker
I'm sure that will be added to VS 2020. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Jason Finch jason.fi...@gmail.com wrote: Mayby it needs code bubbles to get people peppy. http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/acb/codebubbles_site.htm On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-19 Thread silky
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Jonathan Parker jonathanparkerem...@gmail.com wrote: Hey if it gets slower it means more time talking about meaningless stuff here while our code compiles. That's gotta be good right? Hah :P Have to say, there is nothing more frustrating than a slow

RE: Developer apathy...

2010-03-19 Thread Greg Keogh
Perhaps the marketing for Visual Studio 2010 hasn't been targeted correctly, or isn't loudly enough. The last time I was excited about a software release is was (1) The upgrade from Windows 3.1 to 95 (2) The release of .NET Framework 2.0 (3) The arrival of LINQ. Since then every release of

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-19 Thread Jeff Headley
(standing on soapbox) Innovation and fun change is now consumer driven, not enterprise driven. A lot of us re more interested in new gadgets than new software. First, the gadgets usually work when we get them so we can enjoy them right away. And then look how many people have jumped to the new

RE: Developer apathy...

2010-03-19 Thread Michael Nemtsev
To: ozDotNet Subject: Developer apathy... I've come across something that perplexes me today... Just curious if others have hit it. I asked about the office when we'd be starting to use Visual Studio 2010, and if anyone was excited about it and all I got back was that people don't care. What

Developer apathy...

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Price
I've come across something that perplexes me today... Just curious if others have hit it. I asked about the office when we'd be starting to use Visual Studio 2010, and if anyone was excited about it and all I got back was that people don't care. What the...??? Are people really so apathetic that

Re: Developer apathy...

2010-03-18 Thread Michael Ridland
Maybe it's the product that's the problem. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.comwrote: I've come across something that perplexes me today... Just curious if others have hit it. I asked about the office when we'd be starting to use Visual Studio 2010, and