What keeps established software companies in their position in the face of competition from startups? I have an interesting perspective. Before joining Microsoft, I was the CTO, alternately, of a rag-tag startup and an established, market-leading...

Admit it, you have thought about starting a technology company. Well, before joining Microsoft I left my job as a CTO of a medium sized ISV to bring to market and idea that I had. My product was the subject of articles in RFID Journal , Internet Retailer...

We released Beta 2 of Windows Workflow Foundation. The package includes Extensions for Visual Studio 2005, runtime and SDK. There are also new hands-on labs available. Enjoy English Page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A2151993...

CIO Magazine has a new issue entitled “The State of The CIO ’06.” Oddly, while it is already on my desk the issue has not made it to their web site yet. I have a special interest in the importance of the CIO job. I have served as both a CIO and...

New week, new software. They are still propagating across Microsoft's external servers so the links may not work for an hour or so. How is that for fresh from the oven? WinFX December CTP and the SDK and Visual Studio Extensions codenamed 'Orcas'....

Socket programming can be tough and complicated. If you are reading this because you are trying to decide on a communication mechanism for your new project then let me save you some reading. Stick with something else if you can. Web Services gives...

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We are currently working on Beta 2 of Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) . For details on our release schedule you should read the official corporate information or contact your Microsoft representative. I thought outsiders would be interested in the development...

The author of this post argues the point that email is dead and that IM is the solution. I disagree. There are two elements of email that made it become a dominant form of communication in such a short period of time. It allows us to communicate asynchronously...

I wrote this article about a year ago for an online magazine. It is based on concepts that were true in .NET 1.1 and should be updated. If you are using .NET 2.0 then you need to further research thread pooling and attachments, I included some links to...

If you have not had a chance to try out Vista yet then these screenshots will interest you. It includes IE 7.0, Media Player 11 and more. UPDATE: I saw the commment about registration, try this link too . Also see links on Microsoft.com or here...

Thanks for reading. Check out the Windows Workflow Beta 1.2: We have two different download pages. One is tailored for Office 12 users and developers and the other is tailored for WinFX developers . Ubiquitous. Single Workflow for Microsoft Windows...

We released Beta 1.2 of Windows Workflow Foundation two weeks ago for Office 12 Beta 1 . But WinFX developers could not use this new Workflow since WF Beta 1.2 is not compatable with the September CTP of WinFX. The wait is over. The WinFX November CTP...

I am a Beta user of Windows Live mail service. So when I sign into my Hotmail account I am redirected to the Windows Live Mail interface. Love it. Lots of great features a la AJAX technology. Drag and drop, context menus, lightning fast search. I can...

Tonight we released Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Beta 1.2 . This software is an update to the WF released at PDC. There are two downloads available. One consists of the platform components for Office 12 Beta users needed to run WF applications. The...

I received an email from the editor of Value Reseller Magazine that I will receive an award for a solution that I created in my pre-Microsoft days. The solution was an integrated suite of retail RFID applications built for art museums and galleries. The...

So you couldn’t make the Business Process Integration & Workflow Conference in Redmond last week but you still want to learn how to use Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) to build great workflow applications? You’re in luck. James Conard is an...

I was not able to go to PDC this year. The PDC presentations are now available online . There are lots of great presentations here make sure you look at the at least a few of the Indigo, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and and WinFS presentations. Herein...

A lot of people I know here, at Microsoft, and from my previous jobs are very interested in the details my particular transition. I owned my own startup ISV, named Sapago, which was profiled on MicroISV and was written about in RFID Journal , Internet...

I am attended the Business Process Integration & Workflow Conference at the Redmond Campus. It is a great event with sessions covering Windows Workflow Foundation , Indigo, BizTalk and other products from my division here at Microsoft. My favorite...

Welcome! I am new to Microsoft. I joined as a Release Manager in the Connected Systems Division on September 19 th 2005. Prior to that I ran my own software ISV named Sapago . I am also the former CTO of software ISV Ecometry Corporation and corporate...