FrankFi's view of the world

Hi... I am now in Ireland. In a hotel which has been somekind of castle a few centuries ago. I will stay here for a whole week taking part in a seminar on people management. People management is part of my role now for 2 years and I learned a lot. It...

Hi... thanks to Frank Prengel I was made aware of an article regarding OS security. The thing is that Microsoft Windows is in fact not that bad ;-) See here http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201 On the one hand this is always depending...

Hi... today I left the CeBIT. At least physically because now I will start to work on all the questions which I wasn't able to answer first place or which kept me awaken at night (at least I really feel like I had no sleep the last week ;-) On the one...

Hi... since I've been asked lately I re-re-published the DirectX Demos on http://www.cu-0xff.de/downloads/DXAllDemos.zip Those are all the demos used in the Managed DirectX Webcast Series. BUT!!!! There is a successor technology called XNA!! Be sure to...

Hi... see our first video directly from the CeBIT done by our new Enthusiast Evangelist Lori Grosland... by the way welcome Lori!!! ;-) Click here http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/cebit/files/tv/msdnTV.wvx CU 0xff

Hi... during my visit in Redmond I was wandering around a bit and happened to find myself in one of those huge bookstores. Browsing the alley I found a book called "Joel on Software" and - to be honest - took it because it seemed to be made up with short...

Hi... cool stuff to display data in another way... check it out!!! .net / WinForms http://research.microsoft.com/research/downloads/Details/dda33e92-f0e8-4961-baaa-98160a006c27/Details.aspx CU 0xff

Hi... I used the chance while staying here in Redmond during TechFest to have a visit. OK, it have been the very last 10 minutes of it but anyway, do not wine ;-) I saw some cool projects. Gosh... To be very honest: My heard bleeded a bit. Somehow it...

Hi.... our first "try" on a news broadcast... Microsoft Developer News Februar 2007 Yes, we tried to speak even faster but we failed to make it... and the out takes are marvelous...maybe we will post them when Carmen and I have so much prestige that we...

Hi... ever wondered how YOU can give US directly feedback?? We worked hard on providing a platform for that... So...drumroll... in Germany we have launched...MSDN Dialog You can reach it by this link http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/dialog/default...

Hi... this is a tool you certainly waited for... http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/search/refinement.aspx? CU 0xff

Hi... I was recently at a discussion about - you guessed - web 3.0 ;-) Just before that I had the chance to see Dirk Primbs with his keynote at the BASTA! conference near Frankfurt/Main. Dirk quoted a somehow strange guy (the guy used to be a Microsoftie...

Hi... I am pleased to announce a local conference which we will call XTOPIA. When I write we I mean not only Microsoft but also (and I am more than pleased to say this) our partner n-tv. We have set us a huge goal: Bring Designers, Developers and Business...