Erik Gubitz and Ferdous Rubaiyat: Inside the Driver Installation Framework

There's been an awful lot of talk lately around Rory leaving Microsoft. Charles happened to run into him today and interviewed him for Channel 9. So, want to know what's really happening? Tune in.
Yes! Vindication, Amigos!
I must say, I saw this day coming. The proposed future of Rory's career didn't sound at all pleasing, but now the truth is out. Rory, best of luck to you and all that you do. Us niners will truly appreciate the path you have chosen to take, and thanks
to The Sandman (Jeff), and Chazz for their support in your big transition.
Jonathan
WOW!!!
Right On!
Hey RORY!!!
Yeah, this is the right place for you Rory!
Congrats to Channel9 on this "catch"!
Q: Can you talk to someone in MS do some productivity improvements in unmanaged world (C++)? I now that .net is red-hot - but a lot of developers still have to use C++, and working with C# and watching it evolve makes C++ world look very gray with it's horrible sound-to-noise ratio. Even pre-compiler form MS-specific-C++ to standard C++ would be nice.
Ivan
figuerres wrote:
now If we could get a small touch of the old DNR days
-- live stream and a realtime chat room to ask MSFT folks questions!!
now that would rule!!
jeffsand wrote:
figuerres wrote:
now If we could get a small touch of the old DNR days
-- live stream and a realtime chat room to ask MSFT folks questions!!
now that would rule!!
We're looking at doing this exact thing. In addition to regular C9 style interviews, Rory most likely will do a weekly show too. Not sure if that will be Audio/Video or both.
Very exciting times ahead for C9!
-Jeff
What is "the old google thing" ?
I want Rory to first:
jsampsonPC wrote:What is "the old google thing" ?
I want Rory to first:Maybe 1 and 3 can be merged...And once he's finished with all that, then he can get to whatever else you other niners want him to do...be generous with the Rory, puff puff pass..don't hog'em.
- Do more .NET Screencasts
- Build a c9 chatroom for the niners
- Do a weekly program on general development material
Wow ... this will be again a great place to visit
I always knew Rory was Robert with few beers (and minus that crazy laugh )
Dude, you didn't even watch the video (OBVIOUSLY), and you managed to slide passed every post before yours and miss the subject of their content...way to may a fool of yourself.
Rory didn't resign, and he is afar from annoying. Why don't you crawl back under your rock, and come out when you can show respect to those who make this community worth the while.
BlackTiger wrote:Annoying guy...
Clown
MS lost nothing after his resignment.
BlackTiger wrote:Annoying guy...
Clown
MS lost nothing after his resignment.
So C9 vids will have bit more comedic touch to them, should be interesting to see how he makes this thing work or if it totally blows up in his face:D
Awesome comic, Adam
Welcome aboard, Rory!
C
AlfredTh wrote:Rory rocks. Robert who?
BetsyA wrote:Has anyone noticed Rory is sitting , nay gyrating on a big 9 guy's head? Has anyone thought of a decent metaphor yet?
Re: Scoble stuff... Scoble is a C9 founder and is the most prolific interviewer in our short history.
Rory will bring himself into Channel 9 and add his specific ingredients to the soup.
I stressed that Rory is not a replacement for Scoble simply because that would make it seem like we were actually looking for a replacement for Scoble. In fact, we were looking for someone new. A different voice. A fresh perspective.
And, I'm now free to really go off the Going Deep end
I'm really excited to have another full time interviewer (actually, conversationist is the correct terminology for a Channel 9 video person) to work with.
Should be a fun, educational, and different year on C9.
C
jsampsonPC wrote:The proposed future of Rory's career didn't sound at all pleasing, but now the truth is out.
jsampsonPC wrote:Rory, best of luck to you and all that you do. Us niners will truly appreciate the path you have chosen to take, and thanks to The Sandman (Jeff), and Chazz for their support in your big transition.
Well, thank you very much for the welcome.
Seriously, I can't believe I got this job. When I was driving back to the airport tonight, I just kept thinking, "Wow... *nobody* deserves a job this cool."figuerres wrote:WOW!!!
Right On!
Hey RORY!!!
figuerres wrote:rory I hope your greatness will really make "9" Great
figuerres wrote:now If we could get a small touch of the old DNR days
-- live stream and a realtime chat room to ask MSFT folks questions!!
figuerres wrote:the live shows were a big draw to me on DNR, in fact now that they have stoped my viewing of DNR has dropped....
figuerres wrote:Stargate is cool....
Thank you, thank youmegame wrote:Yeah, this is the right place for you Rory!Congrats to Channel9 on this "catch"!
megame wrote:Q: Can you talk to someone in MS do some productivity improvements in unmanaged world (C++)? I now that .net is red-hot - but a lot of developers still have to use C++, and working with C# and watching it evolve makes C++ world look very gray with it's horrible sound-to-noise ratio. Even pre-compiler form MS-specific-C++ to standard C++ would be nice.Ivan
jsampsonPC wrote:Encore!
Please tell us what you have in store for the Blythster/c9 integration!
jsampsonPC wrote:What is "the old google thing" ?
I want Rory to first:Maybe 1 and 3 can be merged...And once he's finished with all that, then he can get to whatever else you other niners want him to do...be generous with the Rory, puff puff pass..don't hog'em.
- Do more .NET Screencasts
- Build a c9 chatroom for the niners
- Do a weekly program on general development material
AlfredTh wrote:Rory rocks. Robert who?
BetsyA wrote:Has anyone noticed Rory is sitting , nay gyrating on a big 9 guy's head? Has anyone thought of a decent metaphor yet?
I celebrated when Rory joined the company but I cheer loudly that he's going to the 9 world.
Right ON!
Betsy Aoki
Live QnA Team
AndyC wrote:
AndyC wrote:
BlackTiger wrote:Annoying guy... Clown
BlackTiger wrote:MS lost nothing after his resignment.
jeffsand wrote:
Charles wrote:Awesome comic, Adam
Welcome aboard, Rory!
C
RobertScoble wrote:
AlfredTh wrote:Rory rocks. Robert who?
That's what my wife says too!
kettch wrote:
Have fun Rory, we'll miss you on the events circuit. BTW do you know who will replace you? Please tell me it won't be some boring corporate wonk.
Rory wrote:
BlackTiger wrote: Annoying guy... Clown
Oh, the worst.
Rory wrote:
BlackTiger wrote: MS lost nothing after his resignment.
I feel precisely the same way. I don't know what all these other people are excited about.
This "Rory" dude is obviously a chump of maximum chumptitude.
Hey - maybe you and me can start an "I Hate Rory" club.
I get to be president, and I'll make you the treasurer, which means you'll also be in charge of making the laminated ID cards.
This is going to be sweet!
We'll have parties with punch and cheese dip. And maybe something to dip in the cheese dip.
Oh, I can't wait. I love parties.
Rory wrote:
As for the other ideas - I certainly like them. In the meantime, we could just do what we did in the old DnR days and have an IRC room (if that's OK with the powers that be).
Congrats Rory. You go, girl!
BlackTiger wrote:
Rory wrote:
BlackTiger wrote: Annoying guy... Clown
Oh, the worst.
Somebody has to say this!
BlackTiger wrote:
PPS: Why nobody offering me such jobs?... May be because I'm so boring? Or may be because I've never asked for it?
BlackTiger wrote:Personal question. What was IN that poor C9 guy (big one, not that small "chineese throwing guy")?
Looks like some kind of "revenge on C9 guy" (nail or awl)
Rory wrote:The "big" C9 guy is filled with what we use for all filler material:
Baby seal blood and the souls of children lost.
Way to go Rory. Maybe you'll get to do a SteveB interview like last year's TechReady.
DarthVista wrote:
All hail the great Rory. I will put a picture of you in the shrine room I am building. Any preference as to the picture frame color I should use?
Sampy wrote:Someone's trying to inflate his post count
Sampy wrote:Great video. We literally filmed, encoded, then published this video. Charles, Jeff, and Rory swung by with a camera and hung out as I ripped and encoded it before sending it thru our video encoding process.
jsampsonPC wrote:Rory, when do you get to lug around a ban-hammer?
*Glances over shoulder at BlackTiger*
Rory wrote:
jsampsonPC wrote: Rory, when do you get to lug around a ban-hammer?
Soon, my friend.
Soon
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Tzim wrote:Great !
Rory, you coul'nd find any better job.
So why don't you try your camera on the XNA Express Team ? Where there're funny people with interesting things to show...
Brother Rory,Rory wrote:For example, where's the fountain going to go? The waterfall with my face carved in the side of the rock? The 40ft platinum statue of me, standing triumphantly over all I have beaten down with my infinite power?
Omg, I'm out of the loop for a -few days- on business and Rory is moving into C9. This is going to be a lot of fun -- always loved listening to Rory from the early .NET Rocks days
Congrats Rory on the new position as I think you'll fit in nicely here. Looking forward to your C9 contributions =)
-Travis
Yo, congrats Rodawg!
I'm glad you didn't leave Microsoft, I was a bit worried you were going to move to New York or Michigan, or even New London :O
C9 just got a little better...
jsrfc58 wrote:You guys have to shoot another one of these videos. Have Scoble climb into a Tardis/blue police box one last time and then show Rory coming out of it. Sort of like a Dr. Who regeneration. Be sure to add cool sound effects. And please don't put a stalk of celery on your suit, Rory. Have a long scarf and a bag of jelly babies or something.
tdmathison wrote:Omg, I'm out of the loop for a -few days- on business and Rory is moving into C9. This is going to be a lot of fun -- always loved listening to Rory from the early .NET Rocks days
Carl Franklin wrote:I know you give me a lot of credit for the advancement of your career, but the world would have found you sooner or later. I feel like I just sped up the process a little.
Millah wrote:
Rory wrote:
BTW - thanks to your little network of shows (including mine), I'm getting endless emails about whether I "Am" or I'm "Not" - I'm going to kick Miller in the nuts the next time I see him![]()
See what I mean? Anyone who "wasn't" would simply open up a man-sized can of whoopass. I mean, is there seriously any doubt left in the world? On the other hand, someone who "is" -- that's the kind of guy who'll go straight for your nuts with a steel-tipped boot. And when contact is made, well, you're gonna look like this guy:
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Keeping a tight grip on the soap,
- Millah
jsampsonPC wrote:Okay, so page 4 (till I showed my face) was built on nothing more than nut-kicking conversation between three really big names...so I had to pop my little head in and ruin for you all
jsampsonPC wrote:Carl, Keep up the great work, man. You have no idea who I am, but I'm #152,821 of your 200,000 downloads every month.
Rory wrote:Hey - maybe you and me can start an "I Hate Rory" club.
Millah wrote:the kind of guy who'll go straight for your nuts