Put aside the 24/7 availability of all the expert know-hows (you know who you are), the enormous proficiency and the ability to say “I don’t know”;
Put aside the fact that when someone here says “I’ll check that and get back to you”, it almost always happens, in less than a day;
Put aside the the authentic enthusiasm and will to grow the developers population;
Put aside the great people-skills, respecting every dumb question with an answer, even if it’s asked for the 8th time;
Put aside the ongoing renovations of this site…
… and you’re left with a genuine friend who want to help you. That feels great.
I wish I could look you guys in the eye and shake your hand.
Joe, seriously now:
I’ve been emailing with microsoft’s netmf people, and got these two answers to my questions:
[quote]1. If 4.2 is an official, stable release, why does http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/netmf/default.aspx link to ver 4.1 (Download SDK)?
We are working on merging the NETMF presence on Microsoft.com with the rest of the .NET presence. In the mean time, up to date information can be found at our main site netmf.com.
I found ver. 4.2 here: http://netmf.codeplex.com/releases/view/82448. What do RTM and QFE1 stand for?
RTM stands for Release to Manufacturing which is considered the final step of a release. QFE1 stands for Quick Fix Engineering – a drop to address one or more small issues but not to add features.[/quote]
Concerning your reply [quote]NETMF 4.2 is being cooked slowly to get the best flavor[/quote] I belive what you meant is the work that is going on to support NETMF 4.2 is in the Gadgeteer libraries and in the GHI firmware for their hardware (The Gadgeteer libraries are being done in Microsoft Research in Cambridge.) I think you’re just saying that you want to do it well. Have I understood correctly?
When you are using with a specific hardware, like with GHI’s, then you do not need to worry about what NETMF is needed and where to get it. The vendor, GHI in this case, take care of all that for you.
So, once 4.2 is release (it is in beta now) and I am talking about GHI release not Microsoft release, we will update the support page with the direct links you need and all instructions.
Thank you very much and I hope we do really meet in future and get to shake hands.
