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Windows 7 Will Be the Next Operating System from Microsoft

Community
.NET
Topics
Operating Systems

Chris Flores, a Microsoft director on the Windows Client Communications Team, talks about the future of Windows.

SpringSource Announces Acquisition by Microsoft

Community
Architecture,
.NET,
Java
Topics
Web Frameworks,
Enterprise Architecture,
.NET Framework,
Acquisitions

In a surprise announcement, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson announced that SpringSource has agreed to be acquired by Microsoft. InfoQ interviewed Johnson to learn more about this acquisition and what it will mean for the future of both Spring and the .Net Framework.

Windows Server 2008 Available for Evaluation

Community
.NET
Topics
Virtualization

The long awaited Windows Server 2008 is finally here. Was it worth waiting for?

Adobe AIR 1.0 - Native OS Integration Problem

Community
Architecture,
.NET,
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Web 2.0,
Rich Client / Desktop,
.NET Framework

A frequent criticism of the Adobe AIR platform is that it lacks support for native OS integration, which is typically essential when building desktop applications. With the AIR 1.0 release coming soon, Mike Chambers of Adobe published a proof of concept last week that demonstrates how developers can work around this problem.

MinWin Core: 25MB on Disk and 100 Files

Community
.NET
Topics
Operating Systems

The Microsoft MinWin core is 25MB in size on disk and contains 100 files total. This appears to be a major overhaul of Windows when contrasted with a minimal install of Windows Vista at 4GB on disk and 5000 files in size.

XNA Game Studio Express Releases

Community
.NET
Topics
XNA,
.NET Framework

XNA Game Studio Express was released early this morning. Now developers can create games for the Xbox 360 and play them in the same day on their own console.

RubySSPI is Big News for Ruby Developers on Windows

Community
Ruby
Topics
Programming,
Security

Are you behind an ISA proxy that authenticates all traffic? This library enables your ruby scripts to authenticate with the proxy as the current user seamlessly. After a few simple steps, you should be able to successfully install things like Ruby on Rails by simply typying gem install rails, exactly how non-Windows users get to do.

Java Ready and Waiting for Windows Vista

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Client / Desktop,
Deployment / Datacenter

Last week Microsoft Watch ran a story entitled Windows Vista: Aero Glass and Java Don't Mix. Chet Haase, Java Client Group Architect at Sun, sets the record straight in a subsequent blog post affirming that Java in fact runs just fine on Vista. Sun has been working with Microsoft on Vista compatibility during the entire Java 6 Mustang development cycle.