From time to time I'm asked if there's a SWF to XAML conversion tool.
From Tim Sneath's blog: The Converted.
It convert's Flash animations to the XAML format.
Scott Hanselman likes the VB 9 support of integrating XML in the language. That's why he found a way to create mixed language assemblies.
Another option to get strongly typed XML support to C# is by using LINQ to XSD. Using this is there still an advantage with the VB9 syntax?
This year, Wiley celebrates 200 years.
Wiley is the publisher of my books Professional C# 2005 with .NET 3.0 and Beginning Visual C# 2005.
With some books it's still interesting to read them after 200 years. The earliest surviving book from Wiley is from the year 1812, from William Ballantine. The books I've written have a sligthtly shorter shelf life given the rapid pace of technology! That's why I'm already working on the next editions: