January 2004 - Posts

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The missing WS-* Transaction Spec is ready by ChristophDotNet

It was announced last October ... it's finally released: WS-BusinessActivity , the WS-* spec for long running business transactions. MSDN also put up a new article explaining how the various transaction related WS-* specs relate to each other. Let the...
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My Feedster Research Service by ChristophDotNet

My current client is currently undergoing the zone transfer into the web services zone. Initially, they were looking for some help to pick the right approach to introduce web services into their organization. By now, they are very fired up about web service...
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Parasoft announces commercial WS-I Test Tools 1.0 implementation. by ChristophDotNet

InfoWorld reports that Parasoft announced that it's 2.5 release of SOAPtest, which features Security tests and WS-I Test Tools 1.0 specifications. The article also says that the tools for C# and Java from WS-I are due in a month. It doesn't mention though...
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Another X# update. It's really not dead ... by ChristophDotNet

Mary Jo at Microsoft-Watch confirms my suspicion that Xen is indeed The-Xml-based-programming-language-formerly-known-as-X# renamed -- and it's alive and kicking . Jorgen commented on it as well, and since he works on Don Box' Indigo team he should know...
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MVC Shootout In Austin, TX by ChristophDotNet

Michael Stuart, lead developer of the .NET User Interface Application Block and Chuck Cavaness of Struts fame are presenting together at the Austin Software Architects User Group on 2/10. The ASAUG site has the details. See you there.
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DevDays in Texas by ChristophDotNet

I'll be joining Markus Egger, Stephen Fulcher, Michael Stuart and many more interesting guys to speak at DevDays on ASP.NET Security in Houston on 3/1 and in Austin on 3/9. I am looking forward to seeing you there. If you're interested, you can register...
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Welcome New XML MVPs by ChristophDotNet

Congratulations to Jeff Julian , DonXML , Cazzu and Oleg for the MVP honors. I am honored to be in the same group.
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The object of my (geekly) desire by ChristophDotNet

Are you like me? You think Tablet PCs are really cool, but you want one that can do STUFF? Not one of those whimpy 800 Mhz Pentium III boxes? One where you can run all of the apps (Visual Studio, Eclipse, Virtual PC, BizTalk 2004) that you need when you...
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I thought X# was dead ? by ChristophDotNet

Last month several blogs reported that the X# project would not result in a product in the forseeable future . Now Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft Watch reports that a language like Xen (which sounds just like X#) is gaining traction . It sounds like she's...
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Are You LinkedIn? by ChristophDotNet

Has anyone else checked out: http://www.linkedin.com ? It's an interesting idea. I wonder if I manage to get within 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon ;) I think I need to spend some time getting my profile set up. What Do You Think?
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