Here is this week's net cast out for feedback: Are you a student in a program that includes a C++ programming course? Do you use Visual C++? What do you like, love, hate with whatever tool you are using? Are you a ( insert non-developer job title ) by...

This article talks about the Microsoft release story for 64-bit. Note that they use one of our blogs as a source...something we see becoming more common. Whidbey (the 2005 line of products for Visual C++ and Visual Studio) will include cross and native...

Warning: This post is more of an editorial than information sharing. This was the number one topic on my mind this week (aside from reading all of your great feedback!). In my experience it seems that all ongoing or repetitive projects go through cycles...

As we work toward finalizing our 2005 release over the next months, one of the things we think about in planning future product versions is whether or not you - our customers - are finding the features and benefits in recent releases to actually be of...

At Microsoft, the Visual C++ team is C++ compiler central. In my first two posts, I gave some basic descriptions about the release role I try to fill and gave a basic picture on how our team fits into the whole of Microsoft. What reader Wil inquires about...

This article, while brief, talks about what we have done to make Visual Studio 2005 more secure than previsous releases: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1734871,00.asp Also, Soma, our Vice President, added an entry to his blog: http://blogs.msdn...

Well, for me it has been an exciting week of introduction to the world of blogging. After creating this one, I spent time looking around at the many out there. There is a wealth of information and personal stories out there (some interesting, and others...

Corporate V.P. for developer division, Soma Somasegar, recently answered questions for eWeek's Taft about a variety of topics, including what is next for Visual Studio after the 2005 release (a.k.a Whidbey). The Importance of Microsoft Being Transparent...

“Hi, I'm April Reagan - I'm a box PM for the Visual C++ Team." One of the first things that I seem to have to do, upon introduction, is explain to people what a “box PM” does. I've recently been avoiding the confusion by saying “release PM,” which seems...