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Microsoft and Arduino Announce Partnership
- donkeyd 12y agoSo, which Arduino is in this partnership?
- raphman_ 12y agoAs it has been posted on arduino.cc, it's the framework/community guys, not the hardware guy
- donkeyd 12y agoThanks, I keep getting confused...
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- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoMassimo was mentioned, I'll assume Arduino.cc.
- marssaxman 12y agoThe original team, not the one who hijacked the trademark.
- TaterJack117 12y agoPeople in the comments seem overly negative. I personally this this is brilliant and sure if you don't like it don't use it. Simple.
- bottled_poe 12y agoIt seems to clash with the philosophy of Arduino. "What is Arduino? ... It's an open-source physical computing platform" [1] They even list this as a selling point: "Open source and extensible software" Is this MS operating system going to be open source? 1 - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction
- gothenburg 12y agoIt's not meant to replace the open source perspective of Arduino, it's meant to complement it. It's a good thing, not a bad one.
- 0x006A 12y agoFrom all we know its the classical Microsoft strategy: Embrace, extend, and extinguish. Remind me, why is this different this time?
- castell 12y agoEveryone should read Bill Gates' infamous memo Windows: The Next Killer Application on the Internet (January 1994): http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/timeline/docs/di_killerapp_InternetMemo.rtf http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/t... Some notes: The Marvel product turned out to be The Microsoft Network (short MSN v1, not to be confused with later iterations of MSN web services): http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2306,00.html http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2306,00.h... . The Cairo operating system (aka Win96) was never released: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system)
- joshvm 12y agoRather difficult to extinguish an open source project that in no way depends on Microsoft. The most annoying thing they could do is unsign the drivers somehow (difficult, since programming is done over a generic FTDI chip or directly in the case of the Mega32U4) and force people to develop using a different platform. I suppose if everyone hopped on the Windows bandwagon and then Microsoft pulled their project, it would be an issue. For instance if suddenly you no longer had access to the services, but that's not really a killer. You can buy Arduino clones from China - I've never paid the 'official' Arduino or Sparkfun mark up. You can make your own minimalistic board since the bootloader is freely available. You could even go barebones and learn to code for AVR chips without Arduino getting in the way (it's cheaper and leaner). Worst case everyone runs to OS X and Linux.
- schappim 12y agoThis does seem similar to the Android Open Accessory Development Kit which was also based on Arduino.
- matmann2001 12y agoFor those interested in integrating Arduino with sensors from Android devices, check out 1Sheeld: http://1sheeld.com/ http://1sheeld.com/
- enesunal 12y agoMicrosoft is reacting brilliantly to the new open source world. I will not regret this, however; open source community have to be more careful about being controlled by an proprietary company. It does not matter if it's microsoft or any other proprietary company. We have to stop it.
- knocte 12y agoExactly what does "proprietary company" mean? I think you're mixing terms. Proprietary is for software. And Microsoft releases both open source and proprietary software.
- fapjacks 12y agoIt seems like this is just Microsoft saying that you'll be able to plug an Arduino into a computer with Windows, and it will not outright reject the hardware driver. Later in the post, it's a "this car comes with four -- that's right, FOUR! -- wheels" selling the built-in hardware capabilities of devices that run Microsoft software. Call me shortsighted, but I don't see the amazing thing here.
- mauricemir 12y agoThis isn't a problem for most boards some of the clones have problems with FTDI drivers and widows 8
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoThere were a number of problems across all OS platforms with early (rev. 1 & 2) UNO boards and the Optiboot bootloader. I still occasionally see suspicious behavior, even with rev 3.
- fapjacks 12y agoYes, you're right, but also the FTDI problem[0] is rather related to "IP infringement" of sorts, and attempts to enforce claims to the IP by both FTDI and Microsoft. [0] http://www.zdnet.com/article/ftdi-admits-to-bricking-innocent-users-chips-in-silent-update/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/ftdi-admits-to-bricking-innocen...
- kokey 12y agoIt feels like another round of Windows for Smart Cards. Who knows, this one might stick. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277375.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277375.aspx