Jeff Makes Software

Anti-virus software is a $4 billion a year industry. Can you believe that? That's a lot of cash.

Prior to the release of SQL 2005, there was a lot of chatter about SQL cache invalidation. Then once it was released, it kind of just stopped. If any of it actually shipped, hell if I can find any documentation on it. A quick look at the stacks at my local Borders, I can find anything in the SQL or .NET books. This page says what it does, but it sure seems a little vague. It lacks context, and I wouldn't leave any performance implications to chance.

OK, so it really has only been about 11 months, but with the new Parallels release yesterday, I do feel like one era has ended for me, and another has begun. Keep in mind that I'm an ASP.NET developer, I've built every one of my desktops ever, and generally well adapted to Windows, as most geeks are. That said, here are some observations. I won't say they're free of passion, because frankly the shiny metal boxes have made me enjoy using computers again.

A little over a year ago, the day that Apple announced BootCamp for the Intel-based Macs, I left work at lunch and went to the Apple store to buy a MacBook Pro. I could finally enjoy the wonders of Final Cut Pro and HD editing with more than enough power for Windows-based development.

I've been writing about developer snobbery for years on this blog. Would it include this?

After much consideration, I decided I'm not going to Mix this year. The first issue is that I can't find anyone to give me an RSVP code, and I don't really want to spend a grand for it. I might have considered it but the content doesn't apply closely enough to what I'm really interested in, I don't think. Maybe I'm wrong on that, but it'd be an expensive mistake to make.

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So it's a month and a half later than I had hoped (or several years, depending how I choose to look at it), but I finally got POP Forums to the first milestone in the ground-up rewrite.