A couple of days ago, the community learned that Jamie Cansdale , creator of Testdriven.NET wasn't re-nominated for the MVP title. As an explanation from Microsoft , he received a vague email that in the past year, he apparently didn't do enough for the community to get the award, and also apparently...

After nagging about it for a long time, it seems Microsoft finally understood that getting a hotfix for VS.NET 2005 was too cumbersome for a lot of people (outside the US, calling PSS isn't a picknick). So they decided to start a pilot program to see if downloadable hotfixes will make a difference !...

A couple of people ( Ayende Rahien , Jeremy Miller and David Hayden ) started to wonder why Open Source Software (OSS) isn't that big in Microsoft/.NET land, why the 'big' open source projects in Microsoft/.NET land aren't really big compared to commercial competitors or are dying away without large...

Disclaimer: I'm offered a free license for NDepend 2.0 Ok, first sorry for the disclaimer, but I think it's best to have fully clarification and transparency towards my readers so they can determine by themselves if what they read is OK, and from now on I'll put such a disclaimer in a post if I feel...

Jeffrey Palermo blogged tonight about his new link blog . It's not really a blog, it's a feed of shared items in Google Reader. I didn't know that was possible with Google Reader. What a great concept: the info is already there in your reader, so why not add the blog items of various blogs you're reading...

I ran into a new low for Microsoft Connect product feedback. Check this item (you have to login with your MS Passport/Live ID. I don't know why). The title is "When will .NET 2.0 service pack 1 be out (IF ever) ?", I posted this on April 17th. The title explains it all. Today I got a reply (whoa, after...

I'll host a chalk & talk session at the upcoming Dutch CodeCamp on May 12th. The title is O/R mapping and Architecture , and as my session is the first of 3 sessions, the others are held by Alex Thissen and Paul Gielens , we will align our sessions so the whole track is actually one big session...

Jeffrey Palermo blogged tonight about his new link blog . It's not really a blog, it's a feed of shared items in Google Reader. I didn't know that was possible with Google Reader. What a great concept: the info is already there in your reader, so why not add the blog items of various blogs you're reading...

Disclaimer: I'm offered a free license for NDepend 2.0 Ok, first sorry for the disclaimer, but I think it's best to have fully clarification and transparency towards my readers so they can determine by themselves if what they read is OK, and from now on I'll put such a disclaimer in a post if I feel...

A couple of people ( Ayende Rahien , Jeremy Miller and David Hayden ) started to wonder why Open Source Software (OSS) isn't that big in Microsoft/.NET land, why the 'big' open source projects in Microsoft/.NET land aren't really big compared to commercial competitors or are dying away without large...