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Visual Studio 2008 RTM Available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads!!
19 November 07 09:53 AM | Sam Gentile | 9 comment(s)
I knew it was coming so I stayed up extra late last night but not long enough :) Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite with the .NET Framework 3.5 is available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads ! See Soma's post here . While my copy is on the way, I would like...
First Experiences with Orcas March CTP VPC Image
02 March 07 05:14 AM | Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
So after two days of downloading at broadband speeds, I finally got all the pieces of the Orcas Mrach CTP downloaded. Doublce-clicking on Part1.exe expanded the other 8 RAR files. Once that was done, I used Virtual PC 2007 on top of my Vista Ultimate...
It's Out!! Code Name "Orcas" - March Community Technology Preview (CTP)
28 February 07 03:12 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments
I am really excited about this drop! Too many great things to mention. Get the installable bits here and the VPC image here . The page shows the very exciting Workflow and WCF new features. I'll have more to say as I play with them. Windows Communication...
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21 February 07 01:21 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments
Architecture/SOA Blaine Wastell has posted that PAG planning an update of the Smart Client Software Factory to be released in late April of this year. They are encouraging feedback at http://www.codeplex.com/smartclient and enter critical items into the...
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30 January 07 03:10 PM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
I have already said my piece on the Vista launch but also Office 2007 launches today which really rocks. The much better Outlook 2007 is worth the price of admission alone IMHO. Vista and Office Launches Vista Launch Page Bill Gates Keynote European Launch...
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08 November 06 04:51 PM | Sam Gentile | 5 comment(s)
A very good day to leave the country and find a new one... WCF/Indigo/SOA/Workflow/.NET Framework 3 Here are the separate download links for the parts of .NET Framework 3 RTM that I blogged about yesterday: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable...
New and Notable 118
30 October 06 11:15 PM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
We have a new addition to our house - a 60 pound 2-year old English Bulldog! Agile/TDD The big news of the day is my good friend Jamie Cansdale's TestDriven.Net - Check here for download . To say this product is indispensable is an understatement...
New and Notable 108
07 July 06 12:00 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments
Ruby/Rails Martin notes that a video of his keynote at RailsConf is online and the rest are starting to appear (PragDave is up there). John Lam talks about why Ruby (and a little bit about RubyCLR), on NET Rocks . LINQ/Data Daniel Cazzulino on how upcoming...
New and Notable 103
18 June 06 02:45 PM | Sam Gentile | 8 comment(s)
Happy Father's Day to all other Fathers! My son made me breakfast and in a letter said "I was smarter than Einstein" and "are you sure you didn't invent E = mc2 and Albert E. copied you?" -)) Data/ORM/ADO.NET 3 Ayende has been...
New and Notable 100! The Big 100!
14 June 06 12:52 AM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
On May 19, 2003 , I said " I have always admired Mike's ability to look at the world out there and put it all into one great post, The Daily Grind . While I can't pretend to have Mike's writing ability, I would like to start moving to...
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