Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

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Post by i2o » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 4:45 PM UTC

Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry
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Re: Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

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Post by i2o » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 4:47 PM UTC

For those who don't know Charlie his contributions include (as listed at http://www.liveside.net/2011/08/08/charlie-kindel-to-leave-m...):

- Founded Premier support

- Built ActiveX and DCOM

- Shipped Internet Explorer 3.0

- Drove the development of the home networking features in Windows XP

- Founded eHome and shipped the first version of Windows Media Center

- Drove the invention of Windows Smart Displays and Windows Media Center Extenders

- Served Bob Muglia as executive technical assistant as he ran the Enterprise Storage business through to him running the Server and Tools Division

- Was the driving force behind Windows Home Server

- Led the design and development of the Windows Phone 7 Application Platform

- Drove the Windows Phone 7 application platform ecosystem development and evangelism effort

Re: Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

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Post by sriramk » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 4:48 PM UTC

Submitted this and found out I was beaten by less than a minute :)

Charlie is an extremely famous figure at MSFT for everything from COM, Windows Home Server to WP7.

The first time I came across him was when I was in high school and I knew him as the guy behind COM (sorry, Charlie :) ) who wrote the funny foreword to Don Box's book. It is surreal to think that I actually met him and got to know him. This is a guy who knows how to build stuff. Big loss for MSFT.

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Post by politician » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:24 PM UTC

This sounds like another nail in the increasingly metal-rich coffin of Silverlight, or am I reading too much into this?

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Post by CapitalistCartr » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

sriramk wrote: post #3

Submitted this and found out I was beaten by less than a minute :) Charlie is an extremely famous figure at MSFT for everything from COM, Windows Home Server to WP7. The first time I came across him was when I was in high school and I knew him as the guy behind COM (sorry, Charlie :) ) who wrote the funny foreword to Don Box's book. It is surreal to think that I actually met him and got to know him. This is a guy who…

" . . . to WP7."

The first time I read this, I read " . . . to Word Perfect 7." Wait, what ? ! ? Maybe I'm getting old.

Re: Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

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Post by solutionyogi » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

politician wrote: post #4

This sounds like another nail in the increasingly metal-rich coffin of Silverlight, or am I reading too much into this?

How is this in anyway related to Silverlight?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

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Post by mariusmg » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

i2o wrote: post #2

For those who don't know Charlie his contributions include (as listed at http://www.liveside.net/2011/08/08/charlie-kindel-to-leave-m... ): - Founded Premier support - Built ActiveX and DCOM - Shipped Internet Explorer 3.0 - Drove the development of the home networking features in Windows XP - Founded eHome and shipped the first version of Windows Media Center - Drove the invention of Windows Smart Displays and Windo…

Seriously ? One dude built ActiveX and DCOM ?! Wow...

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Post by kenjackson » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:41 PM UTC

mariusmg wrote: post #8

i2o wrote: post #2

For those who don't know Charlie his contributions include (as listed at http://www.liveside.net/2011/08/08/charlie-kindel-to-leave-m... ): - Founded Premier support - Built ActiveX and DCOM - Shipped Internet Explorer 3.0 - Drove the development of the home networking features in Windows XP - Founded eHome and shipped the first version of Windows Media Center - Drove the invention of Windows Smart Displays and Windo…

Seriously ? One dude built ActiveX and DCOM ?! Wow...

No, he was part of a team.

Re: Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

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Post by rimantas » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 5:42 PM UTC

i2o wrote: post #2

For those who don't know Charlie his contributions include (as listed at http://www.liveside.net/2011/08/08/charlie-kindel-to-leave-m... ): - Founded Premier support - Built ActiveX and DCOM - Shipped Internet Explorer 3.0 - Drove the development of the home networking features in Windows XP - Founded eHome and shipped the first version of Windows Media Center - Drove the invention of Windows Smart Displays and Windo…

Genuine question: are any of these worth to be proud of? Besides the shipping of the actual product.