The Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta Components Refresh download contains a refresh of various components and source code libraries delivered with the public Visual FoxPro 9.0 beta . It addresses issues in these components, adds refinements, and introduces some...

If you've played with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1, you've probably noticed a fair number of changes to the user interface of our setup application. It's become quite a bit easier to use, but we still have some changes planned for it. I was asked by Brian...

So, quite a few people have been raising the issue around the use of the word ‘so’ by people at Microsoft, so I just wanted to pick up on that thread and in fact extend that out to discuss our taxonomies and usage of the English language in...

There are several good reasons that popups have been addressed and consigned to the developer's version of termination. First and foremost, it was one of the biggest requests by users for IE. But, there's another great reason for putting popups in...

Hey all, I'm happy to report that we figured out the root cause of the really strange rollback behavior we saw in the .NET Framework setup (described in a post earlier this week ) and I wanted to pass on what we found in case any of you hit this issue...

After being somewhat static since it came on the scene a few months ago, we're starting to hammer the Team System Developer Center into shape. In this iteration, we've cleared out some of the static content and added some areas that will be more dynamic...

If you visit our blog's site, you might notice a new addition to our sidebar ... a picture of the Moon Gals. We think it represents us well. You asked for it; you got it For those of you who don't visit the site, I figured I should post a similar picture...

I was planning on blogging about niche products and how you need to do research to help understand the product in order to determine if it’s worthwhile mainstreaming. But the truth is, I never got up the energy to follow through with my thoughts...

So, it looks like Sun finally published the source code behind the WS-Test benchmark. (Disclaimer: what follows is my own personal position which might not coincide with Microsoft official position) For those not familiar with the controversy around WS...

Over most of this week, I’ve discussed how ignoring the underlying network architecture can radically hurt an application . Now it’s time for a war story about how things can go awry if you don’t notice these things. One of the basic...

The latest copy of the Architect Journal has just hit the MSDN shelves. Go on, you deserve it :-) http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/journal/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj3intro.asp

Kevin asked to see the photo I mentioned in the last post. Here goes... http://www.richardgodfrey.co.uk/home/gallery/albums/1/1.aspx