Comment Feed for John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization (Going Deep on Channel 9)

Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

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Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

jsheehan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:29:56 GMT

I'm sure Charles would have been happy to barge into my office, if it wasn't on the other side of the country. :) Even with the more formal setting, it was still a really fun interview. I wish I could have spent more time diving into the architecture. But, unfortunately, most people still have no idea what app virtualization is. So, this one ended up being a little bit more of a level-set. I hope to do another one soon so that I can dive a little deeper into our architecture. I'm looking forward to it.

John

Re: Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

Charles — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:25:11 GMT

We aren't abandoning the old school style of Channel 9. Don't worry.

We are simply trying out new things(new formats, style, etc). As I've mentioned before, the addition of new interview styles/formats does not mean the removal or replacement of the style that is at the core of Channel 9 (the Channel 9 kernel, if you will). If we lose that, then we have lost something very special. I doubt that will happen. In fact, John was surprised that we were so formal (he's a big Going Deep fan and most GDs are shot the old fashioned way). All of this said, it's still the same conversation that would have happened if I was behind the camera and further John is not located in redmond so he does not have an office to barge into (and I don't go to Boston very often...).

What do you think about application virtualization and its potential?

Keep on posting,
C

PS: I am not, nor have I ever been, in marketing. Slap me when you sense BS please! Thanks.

Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

Ijz — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:48 GMT

What a great interview and what a great technology. I can't believe I haven't heard about this before.

I really like John's views on architecture: "Keep it loosly coupled cause every dependency you add makes it harder to Innovate". Thats gonne be my quote for the next year.

Re: Re: Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

aL_ — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:32:22 GMT

yeah i mean this interview is good thanks to charles and his awsomeness. the studio and lignting doesnt have to be a bad thing at all :) it cool to see charles in the shot for once too :)
but i just think it would be sad if the general interviews would end up like behind the code with the cheesy nodding audience and all that.. :)

not that behind the code cant be interesting to but the interviews that charles, tim, dan, brian, rory and the others do are clearly superior.
as long as the interviews doesnt have credits (atleast not one with more than three names) or a theme song i think we're good but its a really slippery slope i think..

Re: Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

pm100 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:14:03 GMT

i agree - lets not get all formal. I much prefer the 'barge into some devs office' way of doing it - even if it was fake, it felt real. This feels waay over produced - camera angle cuts and all. THis is what happens when MS Studios gets involved I suppose

Re: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

aL_ — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:05:59 GMT

hey cool studio :) does c9 have like a crew now? :) is this why there hasnt been many Charles videos lately?

but youre not going formal on us right? :) the greatest thing about c9 about c9 for me is the informality and the talk with the real devs :)
the most awsome interviews are often the ones where you (or sneeth or someone else) go down a hallway and just walk in to someones office or meet someone in the hall and talk about something :)

you're a great interviewer man, i know you wont get all markety (all though youve been dropping the word inovation alot in your last few interviews :)) but i just wanted to give my two cents :D or im just rambling like i usualy am :P

app virutalization sounds awsome btw :) i wonder if it can be used to parallellize suff that usualy isnt paralellizable like if i have soem old dodgy dll that cant work with multiple instances (like the matlab runtime :S)