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Re: Do I plan on running around in a pink tutu in Metro land? Slacker00730-Apr-12 4:43 Slacker007 30-Apr-12 4:43  I just noticed that Chris said Windows 8 was an epic fail as well. Interesting how your response to his post and to mine are so different. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012) Message Removed 30-Apr-12 4:59 N_tro_P 30-Apr-12 4:59  Message Removed Re: Do I plan on running around in a pink tutu in Metro land? Slacker00730-Apr-12 5:13 Slacker007 30-Apr-12 5:13  "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012) Re: Do I plan on running around in a pink tutu in Metro land? Rob Grainger1-May-12 2:00 Rob Grainger 1-May-12 2:00  I'm afraid to say I'm unsurprised. Programmers are the most reactionary beings on the planet. Witness: 1. The amount of fans of Vi, Emacs and UNIX shell programming, and arcane build systems. 2. The reaction everytime Microsoft or Apple release anything that "looks" different (at least since Win95, which was generally well-received). 3. Most development is still done with text-file based and command-line (at heart at least) compile-link-run cycles, 30 years after Smalltalk introduced IDEs. 4. The lack of adoption of most new languages, unless supported by one of the "big boys", regardless of technical merit. If customer pays I'll do it! :) AlexCode29-Apr-12 23:54 AlexCode 29-Apr-12 23:54  It all depends on the market. If a customer demands so it will be done, plain and simple. I wont either force or avoid its implementation. It already happened with other technologies and hypes, this is another one... nothing new about it. So far I can tell that no one (customer) bothers or even knows about it. Another option missing Frank Kobs29-Apr-12 23:31 Frank Kobs 29-Apr-12 23:31  It makes a difference to code real Metro Apps (programming against WinRT) or to adopt metro style look and feel in currently existing frameworks and applications. We plan to do the latter one... It's does not depend CDP180229-Apr-12 21:40 CDP1802 29-Apr-12 21:40  For many people it has been normal to wait for Microsoft to release version 2 or 3 of anything before they even took a closer look at it. That used to be their way to avoid using something before it had reached a certain maturity. The problem is that Microsoft's last year's one and only solution to everything will not reach maturity anymore before being abandoned for something else. But it's not really so important wether or not I drop .Net and go looking someplace else. As far as I can see it my bosses are abandoning Microsoft in a large scale. They are investing millions in Java projects and .Net development is as good as dead. So it will only be a matter of time until I will have to think about where I'm going as well. At the moment I would most probably try to go back to C++. There I have such a broad choice of environments and operating systems that what happens to Windows 8 and Metro will be entertaining to see, but it will not be of any importance. At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity Missing option OriginalGriff29-Apr-12 21:09 OriginalGriff 29-Apr-12 21:09  "No plans at present, lets see if the steaming heap of junk survives first before diverting resources" The reviews of Metro/Weight aren't exactly glowing at present. Well, they are glowing with rage... Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water It depends... Mehdi Gholam29-Apr-12 20:45 Mehdi Gholam 29-Apr-12 20:45  It all depends on how Windows 8 will be promoted and received. At this point I am more likely to switch - dare I say defect- to Android, which will be a real pain is I like c# and .net very much. Its the man, not the machine - Chuck Yeager If at first you don't succeed... get a better publicist If the final destination is death, then we should enjoy every second of the journey. Re: It depends... Oshtri Deka30-Apr-12 3:39 Oshtri Deka 30-Apr-12 3:39  Try Monodroid. If you like it please share your experience. Re: It depends... Mehdi Gholam30-Apr-12 4:43 Mehdi Gholam 30-Apr-12 4:43  As far as I know Monodroid does not run Android (you need a PC) which kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion, as I would like a clean break. Its the man, not the machine - Chuck Yeager If at first you don't succeed... get a better publicist If the final destination is death, then we should enjoy every second of the journey. Option missing "What is windows 8" koolprasad200329-Apr-12 18:20 koolprasad2003 29-Apr-12 18:20  Windows 8 Rating always..... WELCOME The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

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