Elite and Windows 10

Two unrelated but noteworthy items I came across this week. The game ELITE and a article on Windows 10.

Elite

If you don't know the about the game Elite, it was something rather special when I was growing up.  

Thanks to a £1.5m KickStarter fund, it's now being remade by one of the original creators (David Braben)  to the excitement of many beer-swigging-40-something-year-olds at http://www.elitedangerous.com/. It's looking like it's going to be something rather special.  
 
And to top it all, there is a launch party in Cambridge (UK) at a war museum (how cool is that??!?) this month. My name is in a hat for attending. Exciting stuff....

Microsoft Windows 10

On the Microsoft front, it seems that Windows 10 is coming with a command-line package manager called OneGet. 

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/192950-windows-10-will-come-with-a-command-line-package-manager-much-to-the-lament-of-linux-users

It's powershell driven and will priovide functionality in Windows that the Linux community simply take for granted; the ability to install applications through a simple commandline instruction. I've not had a chance to test drive this, or see how it could impact how we deliver software. But this is obviously something to watch.