It's the hour of reckoning for Windows Vista. After five years of course changes, false starts and a host of beta and CTP builds, Microsoft is set to deliver a broad-scale build of Vista to two million testers. Microsoft is likely to drop the build - known by multiple names, including the consumer Vista CTP and Vista Beta 2 - as early as the week of May 22 at the WinHEC in Seattle, according to company watchers. And on a related note, if you want the fancy Vista look on your XP machine, check out this transformation pack.
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Member since:2005-07-06
When's the last time it was marketed as using managed code? Long before the code reset, I'll tell you that much.
Managed code has a slight overhead which is acceptable for applications, but most people would NOT find acceptable for an Operating System.
They are however writing apps in managed code.
Member since:2005-07-06
Yes, but almost no parts of Vista is using it as per tech artciels on the web.
Vista was marketed as USING managed code.
Why should we write managed code if MS is not!
Vista was never marketed as using managed code beyond what's offered in .NET and WinFX (i.e., managed code in user mode, not kernel mode). Originally more of the included applications and Explorer were to be managed apps, but since WinFX and .NET 2.0 were themselves in active development, the teams kept having to adjust to breaking changes in the APIs. This dependencies on a moving codebase slowed development, so they dropped those dependencies in most places during the reset. There are managed apps included in Vista however, and MS is providing new applications like Expression Interactive Designer which is built using WinFX. Going forward, you'll see more managed applications (Windows PowerShell, WinFS, etc.).
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2005-09-09
"Managed code is included in Windows Vista. .NET 2.0 is integrated and the new set of APIs, WinFX, is managed code. "
Yes, but almost no parts of Vista is using it as per tech artciels on the web.
Vista was marketed as USING managed code.
Why should we write managed code if MS is not!
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