Rob Relyea - XAMLified

Win95

When Windows 95 launched, I was a Microsoft Employee 2 years out of college, working as a Systems Engineer in Chicago.  That day, when “Chicago” was launched, was a fun one.  The Chicago Tribune was wrapped in a plastic bag with the windows logo, we had several thousand customers from Chicago at a launch event on Navy Pier.

Win7

Today, my paper wasn’t wrapped in the windows logo, but I’m very excited that Windows 7, and a wave of much improved hardware, is hitting the streets.  At home, I’ve already upgraded 2 PCs to the final version…and my wife’s laptop is still running the RC version (gotta go do that..).  Very happy with Windows 7 as a user at home!

WPF

As a WPF Team Member, I’m excited to see that Windows 7 includes .NET Framework 3.5sp1…in fact Windows Update is helping it reach more and more old versions of Windows as well.

Happy 7-day!

Good reading about Win7:

Here are a few things I read about Windows 7 that seem interesting:

• Kindle for PC beta – by Amazon. Leave your email and they will tell you when it is ready.
• Lifehackers complete guide to Windows 7 – by LifeHacker.com
• The Billion Designers of Windows 7 – by the New York Times
• Blu – a nice twitter client for Windows 7 – by thirteen23.com
• nathandunlap awesome compilation of win7 multitouch devices http://bit.ly/2QqojI12 minutes ago
• Windows 7 touch contributions from the Microsoft Surface Team
• The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets – by Tim Sneath
• PDC 2009 – Free Windows 7 Developer Bootcamp – by Tim Sneath