By Stu on October 28th, 2008
Just read some of the blogs about Windows 7 (next version of Vista) and it looks interesting. The most important part of what I have read is the reduction of bloat that Vista has. Vista is slow until you put 2 or more Gig of ram behind it. At work one of the dev systems is Vista x64 with 6 gig of ram (Intel Quad Core) and it screams! So reducing the amount of ram that Windows 7 used would be a great move.
There are many other interesting bits, like integration with Live Dev services (and Azure?)
By Stu on October 27th, 2008
I was reading through some PHP blogs, as I have gotten back into playing with PHP a little these days. I always liked PHP as a programming language and as a community. I drifted off for a few years due to family and work (dev time was pretty limited).
I was reading a blurb on this site about Azure and PHP. I loved reading this line…
So it’s pretty cool stuff so far, and it’s nice to see that Microsoft is actively supporting PHP on their new platforms.
By Stu on October 27th, 2008
As a child I was often told I had my head in the clouds… Soon we all will. Microsoft just announced their Cloud OS; Windows Azure.
The Azure Services Platform is said to provide developers with the ability to create applications with existing technologies such as the Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio. – Pocket-Lint
Though I find the idea of "Cloud based" applications and operating systems very interesting, I have to admit there is trepidation about the concept. First and foremost, what happens when you do not have an Internet connection or it is interrupted? I know there are solutions and work around’s, but I still think this is the Achilles of the concept.
