WinFX Addon For Windows XP (aka Avalon/XAML) Now Available For Everyone

Hello,

  Microsoft has made the WinFX addon for Windows XP
(also known as Avalon/XAML) available for everyone.
Previously, the WinFX addon - a 200+ megabyte download
- was only availabe to MSDN subscribers.

  Microsoft writes:

  By popular demand, the Avalon team has provided the
November 2004 Avalon Community Technology Preview for
the general public. In addition, the team has provided
a batch file to enable the Avalon project item
templates for use in the beta of Visual Studio 2005
Express Edition, which is also freely available to the
general public.   

  Find out more @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn
and
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C8F904E1-B4CA-402B-ACCF-AAA2BD60DA74&displaylang=en

  - Gerald

PS: What is XAML (extensible Application Markup
Language)?

To get started check out my BC .NET talk slides titled
"XAML: Turn .NET into a Browser - A look at eXtensible
Application Markup Language (XAML) and open source
alternatives" online @ http://xaml.sourceforge.net/talk/dotnet-dec-2004/slides.html


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