On “Oslo”
I haven’t posted anything about “Oslo” since ~May.
Before I mention what we have been up to, I want to give a little recap.
Back in September of 2008 (previous to PDC 2008), I wrote a post titled, What is Oslo?. Beyond my typical hyperbole, this post remains a fairly accurate description of what “Oslo” is and how we describe it. That said, this description does not outline how the project developed prior or after PDC 2008.
Back in September 2007, we announced “Oslo” at the SOA & BP Conference in Redmond. “Oslo” was the name that we gave to a multiyear, multiproduct effort to simplify the application development lifecycle by enhancing .NET, Visual Studio, Biztalk and SQL Server.
As we ran toward PDC 2008, we discovered two important things. First, using the name “Oslo” to talk about a new version of Biztalk, a new tool, a new workflow engine, a new … really confused customers. Second, it was possible for us to roll out a bunch of “Oslo” technologies in already established ship vehicles rather than creating a separate “Oslo” wave.
Based on this, we made two decisions. We started using the term “Oslo” for only the the modeling platform pieces of the overall vision. In addition, we would roll out a bunch of technologies in the .NET 4.0 wave. So when you hear about things like WF 4.0, WCF 4.0, “Dublin”, MEF, the unified XAML stack – all of those things were part of “Oslo” at some stage.
I feel good about our ability to deliver solid value to customers as soon as we can, while at the same time continuing to develop new innovative technologies (“M”, “Quadrant”, etc.) to make a greater impact in the future.
The only thing that I feel bad about is that we kept the “Oslo” name around so long (you will see that change at the next PDC), which has continued to be a confusing point for customers (“I thought Oslo was your new SOA platform”).
Now that we are all caught up, I want to give a short update on what is going on with “Oslo” (the modeling platform) today.
During the 10 months since the last PDC, it has become increasingly clear to us that the modeling platform is aligned in a deep and fundamental way with the data programmability stack (ADO.NET, EF/EDM, Astoria, etc.).
Why?
The fundamental focal point of “Oslo” has always been the notion of (meta)data stored within SQL Server or another database. If you look at the Repository, it has always been “just a SQL Server database” containing application metadata. Likewise, “M” and “Quadrant” having their roots in making this particular database easier to use.
With this in mind, we made a decision to merge the Data Programmability team (EDM, EF, Astoria, XML, ADO.NET, and tools/designers) and the “Oslo” team (“Quadrant”, Repository, “M”) together.
What does this mean for you (.NET developers)? You are going hear more about how “M”/EF/EDM align. How our VS tools relate to “Quadrant”. How this notion of “model-driven software” evolves with the existing .NET FX investments.
More to be reveled at PDC. Speaking of which, note the Data Programming and Modeling for the Microsoft .NET Developer session with Don and Chris as speakers. See you there.
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Matthew Wilson
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Great move! I will also consider to start looking at MDM at a framework level and move beyong a record only based approach. Olivier Hault (Level IT)
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I would rather call it EDM, EF, Ostoria, … is finally getting some value with Oslo behind it ! It’s really a fantastic move !! thx thx thx
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