http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/ Philly ALT.NET Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:18:18 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/585 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/585 *Howdy folks, Our next meeting is on Wednesday, November 18th, when we will discuss the concepts of functional programming, and how they can change the way you Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:28:18 GMT Seth Soffer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/584 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/584 My wife used to work around there. She says street parking is not too difficult. Sorry for the late response. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:56:42 GMT Bob http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/583 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/583 I don't have an inside scoop, but my expectation is that street parking should not be difficult to find. Bob Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:17:12 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/582 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/582 Does anyone have the inside scoop on parking by Avencia for tonight's meeting? I know there is a lot right next door, which I've parked in in the past, but I Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:56:49 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/581 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/581 Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey. Since only a couple people said they would change their minds if we postponed the second session, we are going Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:48:56 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/580 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/580 I realize that the Phillies game on Wednesday night might be causing some agita among many of our members. I mean, CouchDB and BDD vs baseball would keep any Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:34:35 GMT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/579 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/579 Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the phillyaltnet group: Should we postpone the second session of this Wednesday's (10/21/2009) Philly Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:09:29 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/578 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/578 Howdy all, Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 21st, will be downtown, and we'll have two different topics: CouchDB and BDD Testing! We have a new host, Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:50:26 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/577 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/577 The Philly Lambda user group, is putting on an intro to Lisp talk and is taking votes on a date. I thought some people on our list might be interested. The Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:11:54 GMT David Gitlin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/576 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/576 Perhaps we should spend a few minutes discussing this further at one of our next meetings. It might be cool to create a small application and do some Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:40:32 GMT Brian Donahue http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/575 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/575 I agree. Obviously I am viewing it from the Microsoft side of the fence, having worked on .NET technologies for the vast majority of the past 7 years or so, Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:52:06 GMT Jeffrey McArthur http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/574 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/574 Here is my reading of the tea leaves: Microsoft wants Silverlight to be available on every device. One way to get Silverlight on Linux is Moonlight. Microsoft Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:46:27 GMT Jeffrey Fritz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/573 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/573 Agreed that Novell has the resources to move it forward, but it should also be pointed out that the CodePlex foundation was put together so that Microsoft Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:38:45 GMT JP Toto http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/572 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/572 Regardless of the cache or cash behind Mono, it a legitamate technology that has found a niche in a few markets. Monotouch is significant for C# iPhone Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:56:14 GMT David Gitlin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/571 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/571 I know Novell is behind it. Microsoft seems rather ambivalent to me. Are they putting any real resources behind the effort or just giving it lip service? I