As many of you know, VMware has released VMware Server for FREE! I think it is an excellent strategy for VMware. VMware Workstation is already a favorite of most leading edge developers, and this move has a good chance of cementing VMware Server into developer’s psyche as well! Many of my loyal blog readers know that, even …
Object-Relational Mapping Tool Guide for .NET Published
Just wanted to make a note here that we’ve published our How-To-Select Guide on Object-Relational Mapping Tools for .NET. Check it out!
I Am Excited about IIS 7.0!!!
I just read Rick Strahl‘s article in CoDe Magazine entitled Get Excited About IIS 7.0 and, yes, I am excited! Finally an architecture that makes sense! If (indirectly) addresses my #1 wish for IIS7: a mod_rewrite functionality. Well, it doesn’t address it per se, but it allows me, or any other .NET developer to address …
How-To-Select a PDF Component for .NET
Yesterday I introduced the How-To-Select Guides on my blog. Today I want to present our first published Guide entitled How-To-Select a PDF Component for .NET. You can download it by clicking on the cover below: We’ve actually had our Guide covering PDF Components for .NET online for several months, but since I only just blogged about the Guides …
Introducing How-To-Select Guides
Though I’ve been working on the How-To-Select Guides for many months now, I’ve never gotten around to blogging about them. Well, it’s about time. For years my company1 Xtras, Inc. via Xtras.Net (and previously VBxtras), the leading reseller of components and tools for C#, VB.NET and VB6, has helped .NET and VB6 developers find and buy components and tools. Unfortunately …
Anti-phishing tactic helps the “Well Designed Url” cause
Today Joris Evers on CNET posted an article about the security developers for the four main web browsers discussing how to make surfing the Web safer. One of the tactics mentioned was Microsoft plans for IIS7 to show the URL in the address bar on all Internet windows to help users identify fraudulent sites. Whereas …
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Borland gets Tod Nielsen, former bigwig in the Microsoft developer divison
What goes around, comes around. Microsoft steals Anders Hejlsberg as C# chief architect; Borland picks up former Microsoft developer divison honcho Tod Nielsen as CEO. Admittedly not an apples-for-apples comparison, i.e. development vs. marketing, but it is interesting none-the-less. Given his tenure at MS’ devdiv, I’d be surprised it Tod doesn’t do a good job of …
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All your Base are belong to Google?
When I saw that Google Base just went live, my first thought was "All your base are belong to us." I fear this might be ironic. After a quick Google I found I wasn’t the only one to have thought this.
Simple technologies recombined, not technological breakthroughs, spur disruptive innovations
Yesterday when I blogged about simplicity I forgot to mention Clayton Christensen‘s take on simple technology. Clayton’s ground-breaking book was entitled "The Innovator’s Dilemma" and is a must-read for any developer who wants to understand the business dynamics between market incumbency and innovative uses of technology. From his extensive research Christensen states in The Innovator’s Dilemma …
Technologies are best when they are simple
What’s the next big thing? AJAX? Ruby on Rails? PC Virtualization? Open-Source Software? Data Security? Open Office File Formats? Windows Vista? Windows Live? Apple’s iWhatever? Yeah, all those things will get lots of hype, but the next big thing is something we’ve had access to all along: Simplicity Are my thoughts revolutionary? Nah, I’ve been …
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