Quick answer IMO is no. Some of the known issues with the current version of WF are related around performance, long running hydrated workflow’s and persistence / rehydration and friction with real XAML activation. Because Workflow foundation suffered from some of these design problems it became difficult to deal with and the net affect was that the WF team decided to revamp the technology stack (build a new runtime) to the point where in order to use the next version side by side with the current version, required they build an interop activity to bridge the two. In other words, when we see the next version of WF it will contain a component designed to deal with interop between versions. The key factors for me to consider here are, the period of time between now and the next version release and the time investment to learn any new technology stack meaningfully and it’s my opinion that people will be best served by waiting and moving forward with the next version of WF when it arrives and in spending whatever time they can afford now in becoming familiar with the product whilst it moves through CTP, betas to RTM. See the PDC video’s for more info.
Strange title for a post huh! This post really isn’t anything to do with .NET per se it’s really just me needing to let off some steam about some of the nonsense that the current economic situation seems to be encouraging. This blog is strictly a technical one however it’s my only outlet to spout and I cant contain the urge any longer on this issue.
The stock market is one place that renders me sad and more so by the day. I check the ASX at the end of every day (something I have never done in my life) and although I have no personal stake in the market except for the portion of my superannuation (401K in the US I think) that is invested there. Each day I watch with horror as the index drops further and further, hopefully soon to find it’s bottom and then sit steady for a long while.
What saddens me? I feel sorry for all the investors who are selling to all the sharks that are buying up their stock and rubbing their hands with glee, these investors who are dumping their stocks are panicking as they try to stop their bleeding and 
have for one reason or another been scared into this position without seemingly knowing any better. Shame on the media for trying to make bucks out of this with sensationalism and over playing the situation. The Governor of the Reserve Bank (Australia’s) has even come out and said that we run the risk of talking ourselves into a recession which would be a sorry state of affairs. Again I cannot believe the culpability of the media and the politicians for talking up the negative and scaring people into panic, if we create enough negative mental energy around the economy we will surely all begin to behave in accordance with those negative thoughts (which has already happened) and the rest will undoubtedly follow. My families accountant of many years recently said this, “the science of economics is a study in the behaviour of sheep”, I am sad to say it looks like his cynicism was somewhat warranted.
So all you developers, put a breakpoint on that line of code, dig into that collection of coins your stockpiling in your desk drawer, get off your seat, go to your favourite coffee shop and put a few bucks back into the economy. Come on, do it NOW!
Ever since reading Programming C# I have been a fan of Jesse Liberty’s unique way of writing learning material and so when I was looking for Silverlight content I was very pleased to find Jesse’s tutorials.
I found these tutorials useful however I am one of those people that need to print material that I use to learn from rather than flipping from window to window (or monitor to monitor). So as per my modus operandi I condensed Jesse’s tutorial’s into a single PDF and you find it here if your like me and prefer to print the whole lot out. Here are the original posts.
