Today I was walking at the MSDN Forums and I see two very strange forums, Microsoft Codename 'Oslo' and Microsoft Codename 'Dublin', what is this? what they do?
Microsoft Codename?
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- Oslo: http://www.microsoft.com/soa/products/oslo.aspx
- Dublin: http://www.microsoft.com/NET/Dublin.aspx
Oslo
Doug Purdy, one of the pionieers in what they call "Oslo" regrets havin' kept the name for so long.
Read more here:
- Microsoft: Sept 08 - What is Oslo and Aug 09 - On Oslo FEATURED
- Indipendent (me): Okt 08 - What Oslo is and is not and Sept 09 - Updates on Oslo
Dublin There hasn't really been much publishing around Dublin. The community hoped for an answer to "What is the Java EJB Application Server-Pandon in .NET?".
Anyway, we expect more to come by this years PDC. Have a look at the sessions on Dublin here:Sessions on Dublin
One of them has following text, which summarizes the plans, I guess:
.NET 4 and “Dublin” provide new application hosting, tracking, and persistence capabilities. Learn the benefits of different hosting options and how to choose the right option for your scenario. Learn …
From what I've heard so far it will be an extension for IIS that works with WAS and will host WCF services in a better way, than *.svc-Files do today.