Programmers seem to move effortlessly from Java to C# and back, so I do not think you are in a life or death situation here. I think you will find C# has three advantages:
A) the mobile/embedded version of.NET(The Compact Framework) has a commercial model much more developer friendly than the nearest equivalent for J2ME. As 'monkeyman' says "Developers, Developers, Developers!"
B) Visual Studio- This is a very serious IDE- SQL is part of it now.
C) C#- even with the automatic 'garbage collection' seems to run in real time applications remarkably well.
My experience is pretty much limited to mobile and embedded devices (like this PXA270 http://www.applieddata.net/products_PXA270_XScale. asp ) but this may be the 'growth' application area in the future.
Lawrence Ricci
WinCE PLatfrom builder is about $1K, with an IDE better than anything else (except maybe Tornado). There is a 120 day full funtion free trial, and you can build emulators of multiple CPU's/Systems to write code on your PC. This is not costly.
The 16 bit Tron is an interesting addition to the.NET family of OS's. If they supply a CLI (an open stadards, not controlled by MS) you can write.NET apps in C#, J# or for that matter FORTRAN.NET. It is not infected with the GPL like Linux, so serious products can be made. If TiVO was TRON, there would be no websites hacking TiVO.
Lawrence Ricci
It's easy- set categories in Outlook.
Click on the message Icon and add a category
They give you a standard list, you can add your own categories. When you get an email don't file it, categorize it.
Then make a inbox view to group by category. If a message is in two categories you will see it in both places. If you create a Meeting or a Task or a Contact item from the message by dragging, the category will move with the item.
Lawrence Ricci
Consider Pitfall 1 to 10 as trivial. The real problem is common sense "AI". Computers can play chess 40 moves ahead, but can not figgure out how to tie a knot.
I have been watching some smart guys at MIT work for a couple of years now at just trying to make a group of wireless robots 'look' at something. You can see the MIT Robot stuff off a link from this page:
http://www.appliedembeddedlinux.net/linux_applic at ions.asp?P=SD&I=RBT
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Programmers seem to move effortlessly from Java to C# and back, so I do not think you are in a life or death situation here. I think you will find C# has three advantages: A) the mobile/embedded version of .NET(The Compact Framework) has a commercial model much more developer friendly than the nearest equivalent for J2ME. As 'monkeyman' says "Developers, Developers, Developers!"
B) Visual Studio- This is a very serious IDE- SQL is part of it now.
C) C#- even with the automatic 'garbage collection' seems to run in real time applications remarkably well.
My experience is pretty much limited to mobile and embedded devices (like this PXA270 http://www.applieddata.net/products_PXA270_XScale. asp ) but this may be the 'growth' application area in the future.
Lawrence Ricci
What??? "Since WinCE uptake has been slow- -" WinCE is #1 based on licence revenue of embedded OS's. Lawrence Ricci (eMVP)
WinCE PLatfrom builder is about $1K, with an IDE better than anything else (except maybe Tornado). There is a 120 day full funtion free trial, and you can build emulators of multiple CPU's/Systems to write code on your PC. This is not costly. The 16 bit Tron is an interesting addition to the .NET family of OS's. If they supply a CLI (an open stadards, not controlled by MS) you can write .NET apps in C#, J# or for that matter FORTRAN.NET. It is not infected with the GPL like Linux, so serious products can be made. If TiVO was TRON, there would be no websites hacking TiVO.
Lawrence Ricci
It's easy- set categories in Outlook. Click on the message Icon and add a category They give you a standard list, you can add your own categories. When you get an email don't file it, categorize it. Then make a inbox view to group by category. If a message is in two categories you will see it in both places. If you create a Meeting or a Task or a Contact item from the message by dragging, the category will move with the item. Lawrence Ricci
Consider Pitfall 1 to 10 as trivial. The real problem is common sense "AI". Computers can play chess 40 moves ahead, but can not figgure out how to tie a knot.
c at ions.asp?P=SD&I=RBT
I have been watching some smart guys at MIT work for a couple of years now at just trying to make a group of wireless robots 'look' at something. You can see the MIT Robot stuff off a link from this page:
http://www.appliedembeddedlinux.net/linux_appli