September 2004 - Posts
I was sick and tired of searching through my files and emails, spending too much time not finding what I was looking for. I installed LookOut and fell in love. However, there are some limitations. Yesterday, I went to the Copernic Web site to get information on their Enterprise Search product (BTW, it's free for 5,000 documents and less, a real bargain) and found this: Copernic Desktop Search. All I can say is WOW ! It's a small download (2.3MB), and it indexes files, e-mails, email attachments, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, Acrobat PDFs, all popular music, picture and video formats, your browser history, favorites, and contacts. Everything except the kitchen sink!
You can also index any text files so I indexed .cs files and now I can even search through my source code.
All this at a blinding speed. I'm impressed. It's like Google for your desktop. It even has a desktop toolbar. Get this jewel right away.
www.copernic.com
Guy
Check out this interesting study by Middleware Research comparing .NET and IBM WebSphere/J2EE.
http://www.middlewareresearch.com/endeavors/040921IBMDOTNET/endeavor.jsp
Here are some highlights:
“In these tests the .NET implementation proved significantly more reliable in handling service interruptions than did the two J2EE implementations. The WSAD implementation handled the controlled shutdown as well as the .NET implementation, and better than the RRD (which crashed when the downed server was restarted). In the catastrophic failover test, however, only the .NET implementation recovered, while both J2EE implementations failed to do so.”
“Microsoft’s tight integration approach paid off in the development phase, where VS.NET and the .NET platform proved more productive than either RRD or WSAD with the WebSphere platform.”
“Most key elements of the .NET runtime infrastructure (basic application platform, Web server, load balancer, session server, message server) were already in place with the basic Windows Server 2003 installation….The WebSphere team, by comparison, spent a great deal of time during the development phase installing the software and configuring it for basic functional tests. They also spent considerable time overcoming fundamental configuration obstacles, such as patching the Linux kernel for Edge Server and configuring WebSphere for session replication. The .NET team did not face such obstacles.”
Guy
The State of Technology Adoption
Forrester Research recently surveyed 878 IT decision-makers at North American enterprises. Forty-eight percent represent enterprises with 1,000 to 4,999 employees, and 52 percent represent companies with 5,000 or more employees. On average, these enterprises increased their IT budgets by 2.4 percent over 2003, up from the average of 1.7 percent growth projected for 2004 at the end of 2003. This research determined that Microsoft .NET has the edge when it comes to choosing a development platform. In interviewing these enterprise software decision-makers, Forrester found that 56 percent were using .NET as their development platform.
Download the report here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/forresterdotnet.mspx
Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 Special Edition is a limited time offer from Microsoft. It includes VS .NET Pro + Windows Server 2003 + SQL Server 2000 Dev edition + the Office Tools for VS + a set a 4 MCAD/MCSD books + a voucher good for 50% off the price of an exam. All this for $749US or $549US for an upgrade.
You can even crossgrade. Here's the list of the eligible software that you can upgrade from:
Microsoft products:
- Visual Basic .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
- Visual C# .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
- Visual C++ .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
- Visual J# .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
- Visual Studio 97 or later Professional Edition
- Visual Studio 97 or later Enterprise Editions
- Visual Basic 5.0 or later Professional Edition
- Visual Basic 5.0 or later Enterprise Edition
- Visual C++ 5.0 or later Professional Edition
- Visual C++ 5.0 or later Enterprise Edition
- Visual InterDev 1.0 or later
- Visual J++ 1.1 or later Professional Edition
- Visual FoxPro 5.0 or later Professional Edition
- Visual SourceSafe 5.0 or later
Competitive products:
- IBM VisualAge
- IBM WebSphere Studio
- BEA WebLogic Workshop
- Oracle Developer Suite
- Oracle JDeveloper
- Borland C++Builder
- Borland Enterprise Studio
- Borland JBuilder
- Borland Delphi
- Borland Kylix
- WebGain Studio
- WebGain VisualCafe
- TogetherSoft Together ControlCenter
- Sun ONE Studio
- Macromedia Studio
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Flash
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Intel C++
- Metrowerks CodeWarrior
Check it at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/se/default.aspx
Guy
Looks like the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 introduce a problem with the validation controls.
The problem is the javascript file WebValidationUi.js in aspnet_client folder. The changes in that file prevent a page to be submitted.
The workaround is simple, just copy the old WebValidateionUi.js over the new one. Microsoft will release the patch at some time, meanwhile, I bet you would like to have SP1 installed on your servers.
Taken from this thread (thanks Carl) :
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=21650
Guy
Through September and October, Canadian .NET User Groups are hosting meetings with Microsoft Developer Specialists. You're invite to come and learn more about Building Mobile Applications using the .NET Compact Framework and SQL CE.
This presentation will focus on building Mobile applications using the .NET Compact Framework and SQL CE. For more details visit your user group's website. There you can also find out more about the topic and speakers for each stop on our tour.
It's tomorrow (Wednesday, September 15) in Montreal at the Visual Studio User Group !
http://msdn.microsoft.com/canada/usergroups/tour/
Guy
Yesterday, Ken Spencer gave a great talk at the Montreal Visual Studio user group. He his speaking again tonight, this time at the .NET Architects UG. If you're in town, don't miss it !
Guy
If you're already developing on ASP.NET 2.0 Beta 1, be sure to check this article that describe a few feature changes that may affect you.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/whidbey/beta2changes.aspx
Guy
Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1
Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. SP1 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis in Windows SharePoint Services and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=875DA47E-89D5-4621-A319-A1F5BFEDF497&displaylang=en
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft® SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. SP1 includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis in Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FD3AB750-C622-4488-BD06-8F5D8347E3D2&displaylang=en
New service packs for the .NET Framework are available for download right now.
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003
The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. Of particular note, SP1 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ae7edef7-2cb7-4864-8623-a1038563df23&displaylang=en
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. Of particular note, SP1 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a8f5654f-088e-40b2-bbdb-a83353618b38&displaylang=en
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3
The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0. Of particular note, SP3 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6978d761-4a92-4106-a9bc-83e78d4abc5b&displaylang=en
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