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Windows' biggest web app framework is coming to Linux and Mac
Microsoft has opened up a lot over the past several months. It released powerful mobile versions of Office, launched cross-platform health technology and even posted some code for .NET, the programming framework that underpins a large part of the Windows world. Today, though, the crew in Redmond is going one step further. It's open-sourcing a much larger web- and server-oriented chunk of the .NET development stack, and has revealed plans to bring an important part of that stack (.NET Core) to both Linux and the Mac in the months ahead. Yes, you read that correctly -- code that Microsoft once held extremely close to the vest will soon run on most modern operating systems.
Netduino Plus earns you Ethernet and microSD, an approving nod from Microsoft
The two new Arduinos should spell good things for the Arduino heads out there, but meanwhile, on the other side of the tracks... Secret Labs is launching its .NET-friendly Netduino Plus, which adds Ethernet and microSD to a regular Netduino board (which in itself is a sort of high powered, Visual Studio-compatible Arduino, with a 32-bit 48MHz ARM7 processor, instead of Arduino's 8-bit number, but pin compatible with Arduino "shields"). Unfortunately, the networking code eats of a good majority of the board's already meager code storage and RAM, but you can always flash the original Netduino's firmware on here if you'd like. Right now the board is in a "public beta" while the firmware gets some extra tweaks, but you should be able to drop $60 on the final model by the holidays. %Gallery-103288%
DotNET developer visits Leopard developer tech talk
Kevin Hoffman of DotnetAddict talks about his attendance at the recent New York City Apple tech talk. As the site name indicates, Hoffman is a Windows .NET developer so he has a fascinating take on the subject--especially his wowed reaction to OS X features such as Quartz Composer and core Animation. Being under NDA, he does not reveal specific Leopard details, but it's nice to see a Windows guy start to fall in love. You don't have to be under a "reality distortion field" to appreciate the technical advances of OS X. [via Digg]
