Oslo ...
No, not the city in Norway even though that is a beautiful place it's far too cold to get my tail feathers in a flutter ....
I am talking about the "Oslo" initiative that Microsoft announced some time back.
Since it was announced it has caused more hooha than anything else Microsoft has announced since possibly the introduction of Windows!
So what is it?!?!?
Darn fine question .... Up until not many have been able to give me a definitive answer and often the messages being received by Joe Public are confusing and sometimes even contradictory!
Well thankfully Steven Martin, senior director of product management in Microsoft's Connected Systems Division (CSD) has shed some light on this topic at the recent Worldwide Partner Summit;
Check it out here ... Oslo: Road to Microsoft's Cloud
Probably the most clear description of what the imitative is aiming to achieve!
I particularly like this paragraph:
| Martin said the future of application development at Microsoft involves modeling and services and will feature analysis and design tools, next-generation declarative languages, process-aware engines and platforms, and self-aware system management. The Microsoft products and tools involved in this will include BizTalk Server 5, BizTalk Services 1, Visual Studio 10, Microsoft System Center 5 and the .NET Framework 4 -- all upcoming versions of core Microsoft technology. |
Seems the farm is safe so to speak ....
I look forward to exciting times ahead!