Archive for October 2008

MSBuild Extension Pack

• System Items: Certificates, COM+, Console, Date and Time, Drives, Environment Variables, Event Logs, Files and Folders, GAC, Network, Performance Counters, Registry, Services, Sound
• Code: Assemblies, CAB Files, Code Signing, File Detokenisation, GUID’s, Mathematics, Strings, Threads, Zip
• Applications: BizTalk 2006, Email, IIS7, MSBuild, SourceSafe, StyleCop, Team Foundation Server, Visual Basic 6, WMI

http://www.codeplex.com/MSBuildExtensionPack

Silverlight web request limitations

The following limitations have according to my experience with Silverlight to date the biggest impact on the architecture and feature set of IPTV applications:

Julia Roberts, Training Wheels, and Bureaucracy

“When a young child first rides a bicycle, the bike is often equipped with training wheels to make learning easier. […]  But the full capabilities of the bicycle cannot be exploited while using training wheels—you certainly never see anyone in a bicycle race using them.”
“Businesses can’t win the competitive race using training wheels.”
 
 
I tend to agree with the article. If you’re in a full control, you’re too slow.
 
Another (and rather sad) story is, that (some) businesses don’t need to win the race because of their markt position. Think Deutsche Telekom for example.