Tech predictions for 2008 | The Coffeehouse

Ray6

So, from a techy point of view, what do you folk think we'll see in 2008?

Apple Ultraportable?

Vista making inroads into business?

Linux taking over on the desktop?

With more paid-for content coming online (Apple are signing with Fox and Sky has signed up with everybody), I reckon that this will be year of the home server.

Xaero_Vincent
Sexy me

I predict in 2008 that we'll make predictions on things to come in 2009.

Ray6

Xaero_Vincent wrote:
I predict in 2008 that we'll make predictions on things to come in 2009.

A little obvious, but definitely a cert.

Lloyd_Humph
If Blackberrys are addictive cellphones, Channel9 is the ultimate addictive website.

esoteric
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I predict continued silence over W-7. As they say "Vista is here, now", and not enough people are using it. Wink

Then I think it's a safe bet that we'll see IE8 in 2008.

Rowan
Look, no errors.

Lots of talk about IE8, from both developers and users.

In 2009, IE8 may even be released.

Lloyd_Humph
If Blackberrys are addictive cellphones, Channel9 is the ultimate addictive website.

Xaero_Vincent wrote:
I predict in 2008 that we'll make predictions on things to come in 2009.

I predict that you will say exactly the same in a thread entitled "Tech Predictions for 2009"

Rowan wrote:
In 2009, IE8 may even be released.

Don't hold your breath!

esoteric
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And... More functional features incorporated into mainstream languages. F# gains full support in VS and gets more features...

ScanIAm
On a scale of 1 to 10, people are stupid.

Solar film is mass produced on a scale that will allow it to compete with current electrical rates. This appears to be happening, now, so let's hope.

Spore is released.

Duke Nukem 3D is released Smiley

Zeo
Channel 9 :)

The famous Bink.nu "expect list" is back! Just as previous years, I made a list of what releases we can expect from Microsoft. 2005 and 2006 turned out to be pretty accurate, the only things wrong weren't my mistakes but delays or change of plans. Last year I also started to make a list for 2007, becuase it is a lot of work I never managed to get it done and it never got published. To avoid that I publish what I have now and add stuff over the coming weeks, also based on your feedback!

If you think someting is missing or wrong please let me know through a comment or sending an email to bink at bink nu.
This list is based on facts, assumptions and wild guesses. Again it is not complete yet and will be updated by your feedback!

Windows

"Windows Server 2008 Standard" Edition (x64, with Hyper-V)
"Windows Server 2008 Enterprise" Edition (x64, with Hyper-V)
"Windows Server 2008 Datacenter" Edition (x64, with Hyper-V)
"Windows Web Server 2008" Edition (x86 and x64)
"Windows Storage Server 2008" Standard Edition (x86 and x64)
"Windows Storage Server 2008" Express Edition (x86 and x64)
"Windows Unfified Data Storage Server 2008" Edition (x86 and x64)
"Windows Small Business Server 2008" (Codenamed "Cougar") (x64) for small businesses
"Windows Essential Business Server 2008" (Codenamed "Centro") (x86-64) for medium-sized businesses
"Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems" (IA-64) (same features as Datacenter Edition)
"Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V" Edition (x86 and x64)
"Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V" Edition (x86 and x64)
"Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V" Edition (x64)
"Windows HPC Server 2008" (High Performance Computing, previously Compute Cluster Server)
Most editions support "core" installations

Windows 2008 Hyper-V stand alone SKU

"Windows Home Server R2" (based on 2008? Dont think so)

Windows Server 2008 R2/Update Release (beta)

"Windows mobile 6.1" Q1 2008
"Windows mobile 6.1 Professional" q1 2008
"Windows mobile 7" RTM Q4 2008 (First phones in 2009, just 1 edition!)
"Windows CE" 7 ?
"Windows Mobile for Automotive" 6.0? -> "Microsoft Auto" 2.0?

Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Vista for Embedded Systems
Windows Vista Media Center Update (Fiji) I expect at least a beta
Windows Vista Ultimate Extra's ....
Windows Steady State 2.5

Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows 7 Beta (Codename Vienna)
MinWin beta (Windows 7 kernel based mini OS)

Internet Explorer 8! (Beta 1st half 2008)

Servers

SQL Server 2008 standard Edition
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
SQL Server 2008 Workgroup Edition
SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition
SQL Server 2008 Compact Edition?

ISA Server 2008 standard Edition x64
ISA Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64

Biztalk Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Biztalk Server 2008 Standard Edition
Biztalk Server 2008 Branch Edition
Biztalk Server 2008 Developer Edition

Search Server 2008 (standard Edition)
Search Server 2008 Express Edition

WSUS 3.0 SP1

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 beta, maybe but expect the regular roll-up packs

Finaly a new Microsoft Identity and Integration Server?

Host Integration Server 2008 ?

Commerce Server 2007 R2 ?

Forefront
Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 R2?
Microsoft Forefront codename “Stirling” Beta
ForeFront for Exchange "14" Beta
ForeFront for SharePoint "14" Beta
Security Management Console
Security for Office Communicator

System Center

Service Manager 2008 (beta, RTM Q1 2009)
Mobile Device Manager 2008
Capacity Planner 2007 with sharepoint 2007 support
Application Virtualization 4.5 (softgrid)
Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance
Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset 6.0 (DaRT)
Operations Manager 2007 SP1 (Q1)
Operations Manager 2007 R2 (beta)
Configuration Manager SP1 (H2)
Configuration Manager 2007 R2
Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Identity LifeCycle Manager
System Center Essentials v2

System Center Online Services

"Microsoft Deployment" Solution Accelorator update for WS08 RTM

Office

Office 14 Beta ?
Office Live Workspace launch
Office Communicator Webclient

Dynamics

CRM 4.0 general availability (it just RTM'd)
Point of Sale 2.0 sp1

Consumer

Encarta 2009
Money 2009
Streets and Trips 2009

Hardware

Probably new mice Wink
Zune firmware 2.x
Zune Phone?

Xbox

HD Video for Europe
IPTV Service

Windows Live

Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Windows Live SkyDrive
Windows Live Calendar
Web Windows Live Messenger

Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro version 9 service pack 2 is last that was released for this product (oct 2007), no Foxpro 10, version 9 is end of life in 2015

Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 ?
Silverlight 2.0
Tafiti
PopFly

Expression

Expression Blend 2

MAC

Office 2008
Messenger

Other Stuff

Media Room
Tellme

JChung2006

How about .NET 4.0 (maybe 2009), .NET 3.5 SP1, and ASP.NET MVC and the other stuff in ASP.NET Futures? Also, perhaps a Visual Studio 2010 CTP (maybe 2009)?

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

Zeo wrote:

The famous Bink.nu "expect list" is back! Just as previous years, I made a list of what releases we can expect from Microsoft. 2005 and 2006 turned out to be pretty accurate, the only things wrong weren't my mistakes but delays or change of plans.

I think Steve is kind of cheating as pretty much everything he announced has already been discussed in public anyway.

Zeo wrote:

Finaly a new Microsoft Identity and Integration Server?

Except he missed the ADFS 2.0 announcement *grin*

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

creditcard wrote:
Zeo, how come no Microsoft Surface on your list?

That list is by no mean exhaustive... Smiley

Rossj

Isn't the release for surface around about now? Have they ironed the kinks out yet?

Xaero_Vincent
Sexy me

Surface is cool for the specific functionality it provides but isn't priced within the budget of most consumers.

Plus, underneath all the motion sensing camera equipment is a sub-par 1 GHz or so machine.

I think Surface makes more sense for buisnesses who want to sell time on the Surface to their customers; sort of like a next-generation Kiosk system.

Ion Todirel
buuu

Silverlight 2.0! Tongue Out

Detroit Muscle
Wii!

creditcard wrote:

Rossj wrote:Isn't the release for surface around about now? Have they ironed the kinks out yet?

It's been delayed. Search for "Microsoft Surface failing to surface" on the Channel 9 forums for an explaination.

MS didn't invent surface, they copied it from Mitsubishi.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

Detroit Muscle wrote:
MS didn't invent surface, they copied it from Mitsubishi.

Interesting. Do you have a reference? Smiley

esoteric
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PaoloM wrote:

creditcard wrote: Zeo, how come no Microsoft Surface on your list?

That list is by no mean exhaustive...

I don't know, I get pretty exhausted looking at it. Tongue Out

esoteric
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Ion Todirel wrote:
Silverlight 2.0!

Any bets on these aspects?

1 - "full" control set
2 - playback of synthesized audio
3 - 3D

I'm betting on 1 for 2.0. But 2 and 3 for 3.0.

esoteric
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Detroit Muscle wrote:

MS didn't invent surface, they copied it from Mitsubishi.

Firestone didn't invent the wheel, some caveman did.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Ray6 wrote:
So, from a techy point of view, what do you folk think we'll see in 2008?

We'll see the first real decline in spinning-platter HDDs for laptops and the rise of solid-state disks for ultraportables where disk space isn't a priority. The iPod Classic will be discontinued by the end of 2009 and the iPod Touch becomes the main model with the introduction of 80GB solid-state storage.

The GeForce 9 will be introduced in Q12008, and somehow I'm expecting a redux of the ill-fated GeForce FX (NVidia's been getting complacement lately)

And near the end of 2008 we'll see screenshots of pre-beta builds of Windows Vienna.

Lloyd_Humph
If Blackberrys are addictive cellphones, Channel9 is the ultimate addictive website.

W3bbo wrote:

And near the end of 2008 we'll see screenshots of pre-beta builds of Windows Vienna.

And they better look a little bit more like this Mad

*apart from the taskbar, that looks cráp

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Detroit Muscle wrote:

creditcard wrote:

Rossj wrote: Isn't the release for surface around about now? Have they ironed the kinks out yet?

It's been delayed. Search for "Microsoft Surface failing to surface" on the Channel 9 forums for an explaination.

MS didn't invent surface, they copied it from Mitsubishi.

The running gag is wearing thin, Detroit.

Isshou

Zeo wrote:

Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 ?

Forget SP1, I predict that in Febuary of '08 that Visual Studio 2008 will be released for sale to the general public, not just available as a trial or MSDN subscriber exclusive download.