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Microsoft doesn't get TDD
Via Sam .
Posted: Nov 18 2005, 09:04 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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Orcas - Visual Studio 2007
Blogged by Somasegar who runs Microsoft's Developer Division.
Posted: Nov 16 2005, 08:20 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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Must Read MSDN Magazine Articles
The last few issues of MSDN Magazine have had a number of excellent articles that in my view are must reads for all .NET developers .NET 2.0 CAS - software engineers never know enough about security SUPERASSERT - When John writes, everyone should read...
Posted: Nov 15 2005, 08:34 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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Microsoft admits .Net skills shortage
Sorry but Mark Quirk at Microsoft is behind the times on this one. From what I have seen, there has been a shortage of .NET software engineers for the last few years, and it's not getting any better. I suggested a long time ago that Finetix should begin...
Posted: Nov 10 2005, 12:42 PM by mdavey | with 3 comment(s)
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SDL
The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) article provides an interesting insight into Microsoft. Of particular interest is Peter Torr blog, and the fuzzing articles . BlackHat presentations can be found here .
Posted: Nov 04 2005, 08:21 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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Why Visual Studio 2005 is cool, but also still Visual Retardio
I admit Visual Studio 2005 is a lot better than 2003, but refactoring is still lacking in features. If anyone on the Visual Studio development team reads this blog, can you please go and install IntelliJ (yes I know its Java, but its not going to hurt...
Posted: Nov 02 2005, 10:14 PM by mdavey | with 6 comment(s)
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Microsoft Grid
There are a few articles on the web this week about Microsoft up and coming grid software ( here and here ). It's interesting to see that Microsoft appears to be going after the data grid sector rather than the classic compute grid . Lets hope Tony helps...
Posted: Oct 06 2005, 09:54 AM by mdavey | with 1 comment(s)
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"Its not going to work"
Paul's article provides an interesting insight into Microsoft and Vista's development. It a shame Paul hasn't actually been able to speak to the people who are knowledgeable about the "reset" event. It would be interesting to find out what the general...
Posted: Sep 30 2005, 09:33 PM by mdavey | with 1 comment(s)
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Xgrid
Why doesn't windows offer this out the box?
Posted: Sep 30 2005, 10:38 AM by mdavey | with 3 comment(s)
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Microsoft Financial Services
I see Marley has posted information about the Financial Services day at the PDC this year. If your company works in the financial services arena with Microsoft products then it's probably important to be part of these gatherings. Marley's posting implies...
Posted: Sep 23 2005, 09:00 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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