.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 RTM & Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM

Monday August 11 2008 colinizer Microsoft, Mobile Application, SQL Server, Web Application, Web Service

Lots of new cool VS and framework goodies to download and play with now.

Check out an official blog post from Soma – SVP of the Developer Division.

Hopefully Silverlight 2.0 is not far behind…

SQL 2008 RTM

Wednesday August 6 2008 colinizer Microsoft, Silverlight, SQL Server

As I speculated, um just yesterday, SQL 2008 is now available through some channels, according to announcements apparently made at a TechEd conference in South Africa.

I was expecting this after Silverlight 2.0 so could 8/8/8 (August 8 2008) be not only a lucky day for the Chinese (and the opening ceremony of the Olympics in China), but also be Silverlight 2.0’s official release?

I haven’t checked to see if the VS 2008 tools for SQL 2008 are also being released.

Robotic Love

Tuesday August 5 2008Tuesday August 5 2008 colinizer Culture, Gadgets

No, not a false sense of devotion towards one’s community leader…

Interesting robotic technology wrapped up in a little bundle.

Of course it’s British :P.

Watch the video and check out the website.

Some love it and some find it creepy.

Check out the the CB2 robot under “The robots” for a similar dichotomy of reactions.

Silverlight 2.0 RTW?

Tuesday August 5 2008Monday September 29 2008 colinizer Microsoft, Silverlight

No it hasn’t happened, but I’m expecting it any day now.

Why? Because if memory serves me well, Microsoft talked about the end of the summer for release but they also said at Mix this year that they’d be using Silverlight 2.0 for the MSNBC Olympic games. There is Silverlight video content on the site right now, but it seems unlikely that they’d settle for a Beta 2 version.

The Olympic opening ceremony is this Friday and some notable Microsoft bloggers have been extremely quiet for the last few weeks, which I believe translates into either all out deadline slog or lots of holidays.

Alongside a Silverlight 2.0 RTW, roughly at the same time, there should at least also be Blend 2.5, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and final VS Tools. A SQL Server 2008 RTM (currently at RC0) is also probably imminent…

A quick Google shows similar thoughts by others.

It’s about time, and given that this release is quite a while after Mix, I’d expect 2.0 to get lots of coverage at this year’s PDC.

Note that Microsoft is currently looking at starting a limited closed preview of Silverlight 2.0 for mobile. Perhaps we’ll see 1.0 for mobile released shortly too.

Update on August 11 2008:

So no Silverlight 2.0 RTW yet, but with .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 just released today, it can’t be long now.

Update on September 28 2008:

It’s now gone to RC0, hopefully RTW by PDC at the end of October…