Microsoft Formally Releases Robotics Software [the gauntlet has been thrown down, folks]

[tarheel_hax0r]

Well, it's finally official - M$FT has thrown down the gauntlet:

Microsoft Formally Releases Robotics Software

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/14/1749220

Microsoft voltage to charge up robotics industry

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2003474692&zsection_id=2002119995...

Microsoft Robotics Studio

http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/

The ball is now in NI's court...

[shoneill]

Hmmm,

Is competition good for the customers?

Time will tell.

Then again, since when was M$ interested in competition?

Shane.

[Ben]

I like a challenge. Bring em on!

Even if M$ released an exact clone of LV there is still one very big difference.

LV users can come here for help.

I wonder how M$ paid staff will stack up against the power of the "Gold Bars".

Ben

[Will.D]

Has anyone else downloaded it and tried it out?  There's a free non-commercial version that you can get.  Mine's downloading right now...just curious as to opinions about it from others!

EDIT: Ahem, apparently my work computer is inadequate, what with Windows 2000 and all.  I will try again when I get home

Message Edited by Will.D on 12-15-2006 09:16 AM

[johnsold]

It is NOT cross platform either.

Lynn (Using LV on the Mac since LV1.2)