Quite an interesting article called "Open Source Myths: Thoughts on some frequently-stated dogma promoted by the Open Source community" by Neil Gunton

8/20/2004 4:24:03 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [2] 

In case you haven't seen it yourself there is now a web version of MSN Messenger on http://webmessenger.msn.com/.

This is excellent news for people like me who are often behind firewalls at customer sites and cannot connect directly to the Messenger service.

8/11/2004 2:26:43 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0] 

... I may not forget a link to this cool page: Microsoft Codename compilation

11/19/2003 2:21:46 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [1] 

I've heard a couple of times that people - especially who have not been to the PDC - are a bit confused about all the new codenames and the technologies behind them. While it seems easy to google for more information about each it is also important to know which technology wave they belong to.

The first upcoming technology wave is made up of Yukon, the next version of SQL Server and Whidbey, the 2.0 version of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio (currently the version number is still 1.2 which is expected to be changed prior to the release). They are supposed to ship simultaneously in late 2004 (I think that's what I've heard at PDC - correct me if I'm wrong).

The second one is the "Longhorn wave", where Longhorn is the codename for the next version of the Windows operating system. The .NET FX is then included in the OS and the whole set of APIs is called WinFX. According to the Microsoft Developer Roadmap a new version of Visual Studio, code-named Orcas will be released at the same time (Currently, you can use the Whidbey version to develop Longhorn applications). A server version of Windows called "Longhorn Server" is expected to be shipped shortly after the client.

Yukon/Whidbey wave:

• ClickOnce (no-touch deployment)
• MSBuild (new build system)
• ObjectSpaces (O/R mapper)
• Whitehorse
• parts of System.Transactions (according to Don Box's session at the PDC)

Longhorn/WinFX/Orcas wave:

• Avalon (new graphic subsystem)
• WinFS (new storage system)
• Indigo (communication, good FAQ here, perhaps separately before Longhorn for WS2003 and WINXP)
• Monad (command shell)
• SuperFetch
• NGSCB

11/17/2003 5:04:34 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [2] 

Here's how to do it:

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader (replace the C if you installed on another drive, like I did).
2. Create a new folder called plug_ins_disabled.
3. Move all files from the plug_ins folder to the plug_ins_disabled folder except EWH32.api, printme.api, and search.api. There should only be these 3 files in the plug_ins folder.
4. You're done.

Found here. Thanks Robert!

10/9/2003 11:55:24 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0]