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Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:45 PM in .NET
The Business of Software
Here. One of the major goals of Windows has always been to provide a platform on which ISVs and shareware authors can make money and on which corporate developers can save money. Towards that end, I've set up an experimental section of the Longhorn Developer Center called "The Business of Software." It's aimed at collecting resources related to Windows business issues. Check it out and let me know what else you'd like to see there.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:43 PM in .NET
Eric Sink Tells the Story of His First BoS Column
Here. I'm very pleased to have Eric Sink of SourceGear fame writing for the experimental Business of Software section [1] of the Longhorn Developer Center. He's not only a successfuly ISV, but also a wonderful communicator and I look forward to reading more of his stuff, in spite of the minor communication problem we started off with. : ) [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn/community/business/
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:29 PM in .NET
Updated CLR Profiler
Here. "The CLR Profiler includes a number of very useful views of the allocation profile, including a histogram of allocated types, allocation and call graphs, a time line showing GCs of various generations and the resulting state of the managed heap after those collections, and a call tree showing per-method allocations and assembly loads."
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:14 PM in .NET
Transcript of Bill Gates at the PDC03
Here. My favorite bit: "Certainly we believe in this next wave, and we're not just saying that, we're showing with our investment level how sincere we are about that. Over the last four years Microsoft's R&D budget has more than doubled, and that budget is focused on the things you're going to hear about today. It's focused on making 'Longhorn' real, and all the milestones that get us to that point."
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:10 PM in .NET
Chris Sells Living La Vida Longhorn
Here. "Chris Sells kicks off his inaugural installment of the Longhorn Foghorn column by defining the pillars of 'Longhorn,' the next generation of the Windows operating system, and providing an overview of each pillar."
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:07 PM in .NET
DevelopMentor Launches Longhorn Mailing List
Here. DevelopMentor launches their Longhorn mailing list.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:05 PM in .NET
Where Is Windows Going?
Here. Lots of details from PC Magazine on Longhorn.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 2:00 PM in .NET
The Longhorn SDK Online
Here. If you haven't seen it yet, or weren't able to get the CDs from the PDC, you'll want to check out the online Longhorn SDK. Even if you do have the offline LHSDK, you'll want to check out the online version, as it includes experimental support for MSDN Annotations, which lets readers comment on each page.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 1:57 PM in .NET
Longhorn Promises Major Advances
Here. "If Microsoft succeeds with even a portion of the ambitions expressed, Longhorn will be more secure and reliable by orders of magnitude over all previous versions of Windows." I sure hope we succeed, then. : )
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 1:56 PM in .NET
Inside Longhorn: The Details
Here. Don Kiely provides a brief overview of the pillars of Longhorn.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 1:53 PM in .NET
Chris Anderson & Don Box Do A Lap Around Longhorn
Here. Before they hit it big on the stage during their keynote demo, Chris Anderson and Don Box recorded their now famous "Lap Around Longhorn" demo for MSDN TV. Enjoy!
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 1:35 PM in .NET
Microsoft Ushers in 'Longhorn' Era
Here. Catching up on Longhorn in the news. This article provides a brief discussion of each of the pillars.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 1:24 PM in .NET
Longhorn Drivers
Here. The new stuff in Longhorn ain't just for developers. In addition, the Microsoft Windows Hardware Central site has a bunch of resources dedicated to building drivers in Longhorn, including details of the Driver Developer Conference coming up in November.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003, 1:22 PM in .NET
The MSDN Longhorn Developer Center Web Site
Here. Sorry for the delay in announcing this, but I had a devil of a time posting blog entries from the PDC. Anyway, the thing I've been working on for the last six months in now live and I've you to take a look and tell me what you think. If you're a developer interested in knowing about Longhorn so that you can make decisions on your current projects or so you can dive right in and program against the PDC bits, this is the site for you. The LHDC includes community news on the Editor's Blog (the "Longhorn" category of this blog), tons of articles and whitepapers (with more to come), links to Longhorn samples, directions for MSDN subscribers that want the bits but weren't able to come to the PDC, the Longhorn newsgroups hosted on the web in case you don't like using a newsreader, the Longhorn SDK (with live annotations) and more as I think of it. Enjoy.
Sunday, Oct 26, 2003, 5:02 AM in .NET
Off Topic .NET Development Tools
Here. Chris Burrows compiled a list of recommended .NET development tools from the Windows Development Off Topic list's thread on that subject. Some very cool stuff on this list that I'd never heard of.