Here’s a blog post you wouldn’t normally expect to see on this blog. In the past, I’ve not usually been big on the Microsoft stuff. That is quickly turning around. Take a look at all the amazing stuff they did in the last day:
- Microsoft Open-Sources C# Compiler
- WinJS: The Windows library for JavaScript (I am very excited about this one, personally)
- Microsoft introduces Universal Windows apps (consistency is always a good thing across devices)
- Making .NET run natively
- Clear roadmap information on where IE is headed
- Windows 2012 R2 Data Center as a Vagrant box
- New Windows Azure management panel
- .NET Foundation, a place for open source .NET developers to hangout
- Awesome new updates for Visual Studio
- Windows free on devices with screens smaller than 9″
The only bad thing they did was this:
- Cortana is coming to Windows Phones (Why, exactly, is she naked? It feels exclusionary. Fix that and this one will pop into the top list, MS!)
On Hacker News, a chain of people posted the following, which struck a chord with me:
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For me, I wouldn’t have even imagined this five days ago.