http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dbates/Entries, comments and threads posted by dbateshttp://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dbates/en-usTue, 24 May 2005 06:57:42 GMTTue, 24 May 2005 06:57:42 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<P>Do MS have any plans to release the media mania Avalon demo for the May bits? </P> <P>Its such a great demo of&nbsp;Avalon's prudential. Hoping it will convince my boss ; ) </P><p>in reply to <a href='http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/69471-Media-Mania-for-May-quotAvalonquot-May-bits-bits/'>Media Mania for May &quot;Avalon&quot; May bits? bits</a></p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/69471/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/69471-Media-Mania-for-May-quotAvalonquot-May-bits-bits/http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/69471-Media-Mania-for-May-quotAvalonquot-May-bits-bits/Tue, 24 May 2005 06:57:42 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/69471-Media-Mania-for-May-quotAvalonquot-May-bits-bits/1349http://channel9.msdn.com/69471/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0<P>Do MS have any plans to release the media mania Avalon demo for the May bits? </P> <P>Its such a great demo of&nbsp;Avalon's prudential. Hoping it will convince my boss ; ) </P>dbates0http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/69471-Media-Mania-for-May-quotAvalonquot-May-bits-bits/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/69471/Trackback.aspx<P>Just watched interview with Chris Anderson (Avalon Architect) over on <a href="http://www.theserverside.net/">http://www.theserverside.net/</a>, very good, if you haven’t seen it I suggest you take a look.</P> <P>At the start of the interview Chris is reluctant to say when Avalon will ship and even if it’ll ship with longhorn.</P> <P>Extract…</P> <P><EM>TSS - And that is scheduled to ship as part of Longhorn right?<BR>CA - That's scheduled to ship simultaneously with Longhorn and I believe right now the plan is for it to be on the disc with Longhorn. </EM></P> <P><EM>TSS - So it is not something that would come as part of the OS?<BR>CA - There is still debate as to what it exactly is. We actually just, I honestly don't know the answers to how they are going to end up with that. I do not even have to lie about it, its great. I really don't know.<BR><BR>End Extract<BR></EM></P> <P>--------------------<BR><BR>One of the problems ISV’s face at the moment is shipping the .net runtime. I know MS say millions of desktops have downloaded it from windows update but this is no guarantee. IMHO I think it was a mistake not shipping the .net runtime with XP SP2.&nbsp; </P> <P>If MS seriously wants ISV’s like Amazon to create smart “Avalon” clients then the Avalon runtime (WinFx) needs to ship out the box with longhorn. </P> <P>Imagine going to Amazon in the longhorn world. Theirs a world of difference between </P> <P><EM>1.&nbsp;Click here for “Amazon Smart Client”, requires longhorn <BR>2.&nbsp;Download / install Avalon runtime (20 MB runtime?), then click here…</EM><BR></P><p>in reply to <a href='http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/46797-Avalon-not-shipping-with-Longhorn/'>Avalon not shipping with Longhorn??</a></p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/46797/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/46797-Avalon-not-shipping-with-Longhorn/http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/46797-Avalon-not-shipping-with-Longhorn/Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:33:08 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/46797-Avalon-not-shipping-with-Longhorn/3206http://channel9.msdn.com/46797/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0<P>Just watched interview with Chris Anderson (Avalon Architect) over on <a href="http://www.theserverside.net/">http://www.theserverside.net/</a>, very good, if you haven’t seen it I suggest you take a look.</P> <P>At the start of the interview Chris is reluctant to say when Avalon will ship and even if it’ll ship with longhorn.</P> <P>Extract…</P> <P><EM>TSS - And that is scheduled to ship as part of Longhorn right?<BR>CA - That's scheduled to ship simultaneously with Longhorn and I believe right now the plan is for it to be on the disc with Longhorn. </EM></P> <P><EM>TSS - So it is not something that would come as part of the OS?<BR>dbates7http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/46797-Avalon-not-shipping-with-Longhorn/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/46797/Trackback.aspx