Stories kicked by patel.ami.c http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss DotNetKicks.com - .NET links, community driven 30 I've suggested a few times that Microsoft could go beyond just cooperating with the open source community and actually ship open source code. For instance, Paint.NET is a great alternative to MS Paint, so not just bundle it? Tonight I had a very long conversation with someone who is in a position to really understand both Microsoft and open source. Now I understand why my suggestion - though well intentioned - was hopelessly naive. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2fjgalloway%2farchive%2f2007%2f05%2f02%2fwhy-microsoft-can-t-ship-open-source-code.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2fjgalloway%2farchive%2f2007%2f05%2f02%2fwhy-microsoft-can-t-ship-open-source-code.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/other/Why_Microsoft_can_t_ship_open_source_code http://www.dotnetkicks.com/other/Why_Microsoft_can_t_ship_open_source_code Thu, 03 May 2007 01:01:02 GMT LINQ is supported by Silverlight, but support for LINQ to XML is coming soon. Microsoft's XML Team has a word about this in this blog post. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2ffmarguerie%2farchive%2f2007%2f05%2f02%2fsilverlight-support-for-linq.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2ffmarguerie%2farchive%2f2007%2f05%2f02%2fsilverlight-support-for-linq.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ajax/Silverlight_support_for_LINQ http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ajax/Silverlight_support_for_LINQ Fri, 04 May 2007 16:01:01 GMT This article discusses how JavaScript can be embedded in custom ASP.NET server controls and output efficiently. It provides a good introduction to using WebResource.axd, WebResourceAttribute and the ClientScriptManager. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2fdwahlin%2farchive%2f2007%2f04%2f29%2fcreating-custom-asp-net-server-controls-with-embedded-javascript.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2fdwahlin%2farchive%2f2007%2f04%2f29%2fcreating-custom-asp-net-server-controls-with-embedded-javascript.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/aspnet/Custom_ASP_NET_Server_Controls_with_Embedded_JavaScript http://www.dotnetkicks.com/aspnet/Custom_ASP_NET_Server_Controls_with_Embedded_JavaScript Wed, 02 May 2007 21:16:01 GMT