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New graphics card for Friedman (DELL 400SC)
I got a ATI All-In-Wonder 8500DV graphics card for my new DELL 400SC (”Friedman”). The 8500DV was a predecessor to the A-I-W 9x00 series and I got a good (clearance) price for it. I think GAD who has a similar DELL went for the Radeon 9600 Pro (http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/posts/37823.aspx#FeedBack). These cards make a huge difference - the original Dell 400SC card was too lame and didn't do much for a 'Longhorn' installation.
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Software Estimation
A few weeks ago Eli Robillard had an interesting posting:
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Looking for (inexpensive) XML tool for modelling (XSD & ERDs)
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Effective XML & why not to use XML as a relational database
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10 Characteristics of quality Requirements
I had attended a presentation by Borland on Software development and collaboration last month. Within the notes I took at that presentation, I saw a list - '10 Characteristics of Quality Requirements'. I believe it was devised by Karl Wiegers (author of Software Requirments). Here is the list -
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SCO Linux legal battle heats up - Linus served subpeona
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Prior to WinFS - read this paper on Ontology
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Ray Ozzie on Longhorn & Groove
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Top Site Referral (on InfoWorld)
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User Interface Process Application Block version 2
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Patent office to review the Eolas browser plug-in patent
“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ordered the re-examination of a browser plug-in technology patent that has also been the subject of a legal battle between the patent's owners and Microsoft Corp.” [InfoWorld 11.12.03].
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'Friedman' added to my computer lab
I have a new addition to my computer lab - 'Friedman'. I name my machines after economists. Milton Friedman is a renowned economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1976. 'Friedman' is a DELL PowerEdge 400SC specifically for VS.NET 2K3 & Groove development projects for clients.
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Hewlett-Packard Saves U.S.$1.27 Million by using MS InfoPath, SharePoint & Groove
I got this via Hugh Pyle's posting - Hewlett-Packard Saves U.S.$1.27 Million by using MS InfoPath, SharePoint & Groove.
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Microsoft To Release Virtual PC 2004 To Manufacturing Next Week
Virtual PC 2004 Goes To Manufacturing Next Week [CRN 11.05.03] - “The desktop software, expected to be available within the next 90 days, will allow customers to run multiple versions of Windows on the same desktop, as well as Linux on virtual machines.”
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Simplicity, complexity, sophistication and the XML Banyan tree
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JOLT Awards for 2003 announced
Software Development magazine has announced the open nominations for this year's JOLT Awards. Some of my thoughts would be with (if they are in the nominating chain) -
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Logging Application Block & 'The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle'
The recently released Logging Application Block in the 'Patterns & Practices' MSDN series hits a home-run. It's better to insert instrumentation in the application during its development than trying to retrofit it post-deployment. Also, plan out thoroughly the application exceptions and metrics. I recall encountering a monitoring application that would gather more monitoring data than all the deployed applications' data combined - an example of 'The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle'.
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Code name RTC in Longhorn & DirectX
I read this over 'The Scobleizer Longhorn blog posting - Code name 'RTC'. It's a new way to communicate (including IM). Any more information on this one? Also, what will be situation with DirectX within Longhorn? TIA.
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XML Best Practices for "Yukon"
A nice one at MSDN - XML Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server "Yukon".
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kbAltertz is with RSS feeds!
I may be the last guy to know about this one - kbAltertz is with RSS feeds! I can unsuscribe to the email alert digests now.
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Longhorn Identity System (presentation at the PDC)
I got this via Jeroen Bekkers' posting - Microsoft eyes ID management [Network World 11.03.03]
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.NET Progress Worries Java
Good little article by industry pundit Andrew Binstock. He has some good insights regarding .NET in the Enterprise market. Worth reading if you are encountering the regular .NET vs J2EE debates that's prevalent in the corporate IT shops.
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COM Interop in Longhorn Architecture?
I was looking at Brad Adam's posting of the Longhorn Architecture diagram. The COM Interop was noticeably absent - perhaps it's under the 'Hosting Layer' within the CLR or a provision within the 'Kernel Mode' layer? Any clues or insights?
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XForms & InfoPath article at OReilly's
A good article by Micah Dubinko at OReilly's - XForms and Microsoft InfoPath.
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PDC 2003: Wasn't There...
