February 2004 - Posts

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Code theft: Codease uses my LLBLGen 1.x sourcecode as if it is theirs! by FransBouma

This morning I found out that CodeAse , sells a tool, CodeAse 2.0, which is just LLBLGen 1.x but with different screencolors. LLBLGen 1.x is BSD licensed, but that doesn't mean you can simply rebadge it and sell it as if you wrote it! The BSD license...
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Subversion: unbeatable sourcecontrol. by FransBouma

I'm now almost done reading the docs of Subversion , and I can only say: this is open source done right, and when open source is done right, it's unbeatable by any software vendor. The system breaths quality, well thought out design and passion for software...
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Private classes and full type name by FransBouma

This morning I was checking how my Xml serialization code was doing and I stumbled upon a phenomenon I hadn't seen before: the FullName property of Type will return a '+' instead of a '.' when the class is a private class. For testing I had defined some...
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VB.NET stupidity by FransBouma

Consider the following enum definition (which is defined in a C# assembly) public enum EntityState:int { New, Fetched, OutOfSync, Deleted } OK, now, we have an object which has a property called 'State' and this property is of type EntityState. All great...
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Microsoft Support, Round 3, the flaw of the Hotfix by FransBouma

Julien writes : PSS is the first line of contact for issues and if you contact them and tell them about your issue we will look into it. If we have a hotfix available for it, even if the SP is not yet released, we will provide you it. If we don't have...
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Microsoft Support, Round 2! by FransBouma

Jeff writes as a reply to my previous blog about Microsoft Support: I found an actual bug in the framework (one of the RewritePath() overloads) and had a nice exchange started via the online support ticket system, finished by a member of the .NET team...
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Microsoft support? Where? by FransBouma

Alex Lowe wrote a blog about Microsoft and developer support. In there he ventilates his misunderstanding about a blog Roy wrote about information sharing. In the blog, Alex writes these remarkable words: I believe Microsoft has the most comprehensive...
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Jimmy Nilsson on AOP by FransBouma

Jimmy Nilsson blogs about AOP , or Aspect Oriented Programming.His article combines some different insights on the matter, good links to articles about AOP and is a good starting point for the people who have ignored AOP for a long time and find this...
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Objectspaces and orthogonal design by FransBouma

Ralf Westphal has written an excellent article about Objectspaces and orthogonal design . Highly recommended food for your mind.
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