Re: Microsoft Asleep At The Wheel Again: Missing the New Era of CAD

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I'm aware of XNA. Check this out [1] and note the low-key reference to
Autodesk. Yes I'm also aware of Vista's support for vector graphics. Months
ago I posted comments to Michael Swanson's blog (a Microweenie involved in
the development of the Expression Suite who asked for public comments about
which vector file formats should be supported). Swanson removed all comments
that were calling for support for file formats used by the technical and
licensed professionals, e.g. CAD which has evolved into 3D modeling
applications.

Microsoft already sells several of their rebranded acquisitions into the
technical and licensed professional markets that use CAD but they have
failed to follow through and have no comprehensive "solution." It has
puzzled me why they have avoided applications that are used to create and
manage content that has spatial properties. Visio has certainly been given
short shrift.

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[1]
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9002437&source=NLT_APP&nlid=48



"Kevin Spencer" <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Off the medication are we today, Clinton? ;-)

Have you had a look at Windows Vista, and the Windows Presentation
Foundation?

Yes, Microsoft isn't (exactly) jumping on the latest end-user CAD
application software market, but they have always been more involved in
platforms and development software (with the greatest exception being
Microsoft Office). I don't imagine they could get into *every* lucrative
and emerging end-user technology field. Thankfully, that leaves room for
the rest of us! However, Vista's UI is almost entirely vector graphics
(with some raster graphic support for backwards-compatibility of course),
and includes full support for 3D graphics built into the OS layer. A few
links for your edification:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/WindowsPresentationFoundation/
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663300.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20060504wpfdl/manifest.xml

In addition, the next generation of "DirectX" (XNA) is almost ready to be
released. This is possibly the closest thing to what you are talking
about. Check it out:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNA/default.aspx

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Ministry of Software Development
http://unclechutney.blogspot.com

I just flew in from Chicago with
a man with a wooden leg named Smith
who shot an elephant in my pajamas.
So I bit him.


"clintonG" <csgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Google and Second Life have proven there are market$ and economie$ in the
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XBox, Virtual Earth and other related virtual realms.

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