Microsoft DevLabs
October 26, 2008
A new developer Web site is available from Microsoft. You will need Silverlight to access the site, its tools, and code samples. You can find the DevLabs’ site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/default.aspx. Microsoft’s explanation for the site is:
Any truly remarkable software innovation that introduces a paradigm shift is based on solid inventive ideas. But it also needs discussion, trial, collaboration, and a critical eye. Explore the projects that we are experimenting with in our labs, and let us know if they inspire you.
You can find the DevLabs site on Google.com by entering the search word “devlabs”. You cannot find the site on Microsoft’s Live.com search at 9 22 pm on October 26, 2008. I asked myself when I discovered this, “Is Microsoft going to get its act together in Web search?” What’s more interesting is that DevLabs will be rolled out at the developers’ conference during the week of October 27, 2008, and the Web site is already indexed by the GOOG. I use Google.com’s Microsoft subset, which you can find here, to locate information on Microsoft’s own Web sites.
Stephen Arnold, October 26, 2008
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I give MS a half win for this. It has something to appeal to every facet of a programmer. Everything from deep hardcore geek, to the ever loving father is represented here. Mostly interested in popfly.
Thanks,
Shaun
I went to the site, was accosted by a popup asking me to participate in a survey about the usefulness of the MSDN site (my answer would probably be unprintable), and then saw two big blank areas asking me to install Silverlight.
I also give MS a negative mark for the words ‘paradigm shift’. Is it 2001 again?
Charlie Hull
My system may have identified a link that was unintentionally posted. I did have to do some fiddling to access the site. At least, we know that DevLabs did exist for a short period of time.
Stephen Arnold, October 27, 2008