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"MS doesn't work from home".
I just tried to write a VS-Addin, and I can confirm it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Apparently they're so delayed that they couldn't even list which features will make it and which will end up slipping. 
And like everything else, it's entirely Corona's fault, not management making unrealistic deadlines. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Just when I thought I've heard all possible excuses for missing a deadline...
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Coming soon: My dog ate the build
TTFN - Kent
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a unified platform is no joke..if they can pull it off sooner it would have been better.... well at least they could give some guidelines and release some betas ....
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Kent Sharkey wrote: NET 5 will still ship this November, but it won't have all the unifying "just one .NET going forward" functionality that Microsoft originally planned because of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is the Windows ME of .NET...
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Project Cortex applies AI to empower people with knowledge in the apps they use every day, automatically organizing content and expertise across your systems and teams to create a knowledge network, with built-in security, compliance, and workflow. I wonder if I can use Project Cortex to translate the bafflegab used to describe Project Cortex?
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To overcome the limitations of such a small screen, researchers from Leibniz University Hannover created a special stylus that turns the back of a wearer’s hand into a larger area for doodling. My mistake - I've been doing this for years without a smartwatch
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Learn how to build solutions and use Microsoft products from the experts that built them! Learn TV is the place to find the latest digital content so you can always keep updated on the latest announcements, features and products from Microsoft. In case you finished Netflix
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Microsoft is finally releasing an official package manager for Windows. Oh good. I was getting tired of using ALL THE OTHER WINDOWS PACKAGE MANAGERS out there.
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They should have bought one of those other managers out there, at least they would have had a working thing (at least until they messed it up).
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: at least until they messed it up
...with the first update.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Oh good. I was getting tired of using ALL THE OTHER WINDOWS PACKAGE MANAGERS out there.
Ah, but this is the one package manager to rule them all.
This has been a long time coming. I recall that when Windows Update was first introduced, there was talk of ISVs distributing their own updates using it. For some reason that never took off.
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I notice how several of my coworkers whenever they handle a command line tool fall back to that soft pleasurable slumber from the 1970s when there was no need to relate to complex concepts such as menu selections and check boxes.
And then, sometimes I worry that maybe I behave the same way: A few years ago, we were all testing and evaluating a large selection of virus/malware checkers. Then MS introduced theirs, and our worries went away: Maybe in wasn't perfect, but it was cosy and safe and certainly good enough.
Ten years ago, there were a large selection of IDEs, with fights among adherents to one or the other. Today, there is no need to fight: Visual Studio is universally accepted as The Best for Windows development. It is safe and cosy.
Ten to fifteen years ago, there were quite a number of open source hosts. Most of them dwindled away; today you don't have to think: GitHub is The Place for both re-invented wheels and everything else. Nice and cosy.
This cosy-ness is all over. It isn't all associated with MS - e.g. Python developers have built their own little cave where they don't have to relate to a complex world but can cram around their campfire with nice friends.
OK, several MS initiatives have failed. Yet, two things wouldn't surprise me. First, if MS have seriously assessed the existing package managers with the intention to make something that is significantly better than the average (as they did with malware protection). Second, that the market will react by falling into that soft, cosy mood of "now we have something we can trust".
In a research environment, changing tools every half year is required to stay at top, at the bleeding edge. In industrial production environment, not so much. So the cosy stability of a vendor that provides the same service year after year may be more attractive. Now that the Windows packet manager is all new we do not know how stable it will be. My guess is that quite a few industrial customers will have more confidence in its stability and long time support than in competing alternatives.
Stability beats innovation. And when you look at e.g. the MS malware protection and the IDE, it shows that stability over time lays the groundwork for gradual improvements that, with time, leads up to good tools.
Of course I can't be sure that this will happen with the packet manager, just saying that it migh go in the same direction as IDEs and malware protection.
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As we consider what building device applications will look like in a unified .NET, we see many devices across multiple platforms used, from Android and iOS to Windows and macOS. To address this need we are excited to announce a new first-class UI framework for doing just that: .NET Multi-platform App UI, affectionately call MAUI. Because their UI story was getting a little too understandable
But this way, you can go to MAUI, even while physical distancing!
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Not going 1m5 near that.
Burn it. Burn it with fire 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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 It's the only way to be sure
TTFN - Kent
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Only way to be sure[^]
You're right
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: .NET Multi-platform App UI, affectionately call MAUI
There's no way that name is going to last. They're going to find a cute, new name for it (Silverlight is spare at the moment, isn't it?).
The cute new name will mean it is clear what is being deprecated in due course...
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Linux on Windows 10 gets a big boost and GPU acceleration I can finally have XEyes on my Windows desktop!
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My question is, WHY haven't they done any work getting WPF apps to be able to run in Linux?
I already kinda know the answer to that question (various compositors and blah blah blah), but that doesn't mean they can't pick the two most popular ones and initially just support those two.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Even if they just targeted Gnome, wouldn't that give them a big chunk o' distros?
(also, see the MAUI bit I just posted, although it seems Linux is missing from the target list)
TTFN - Kent
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Who are the typical users of WPF applications?
Who are the typical Linux affectionados?
How big is the overlapt?
How much does it cost to port WPF apps to Linux?
What is the cost per user?
... Unhandled Divide by zero exception
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Member 7989122 wrote: How much does it cost to port WPF apps to Linux?
It shouldn't cost *anything* (if it's done right). Simply recompile for the desired environment, and you're off and running.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Why not use Avalonia if you want WPF API on Linux!?
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