I also think that having the community around will bring
up ideas for application blocks that MS might not have
considered. But when they see one really taking off
(Application Updater, anyone?) they will take it over
and give it the ol' MS effort.
Really? I can't see how the fact that they'll only be
created some instead of all invalidates any of your
concerns for the ones they're not created.
JDM: no, some of the concerns are still valid, mainly
the one of quality control. But some of them were
relieved. For example, I was having trouble figuring out
why MS wants to drop application blocks and remove
responsibility on their creation from itself. That has
been addressed.
All in all, if MS will continue with the same effort,
but the community will be *adding* to these
efforts(instead of replacing them) I can see how there
would be motivation top move forward on this.
The issues of quality control are tough ones, but can be
worked out if addressed properly. (at least that's what
I hope)