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.... hey everyone. I have a new blog http://68bomber.blogspot.com/ .

I've been in this job for only a few weeks man, and we have already had 3 rollouts of bits to the public. Too cool. The SMS 2003 SP2 (Beta) Program Is Open For Enrollment Evaluate Systems Management Server 2003 SP 2 (Beta) which is a rollup of hotfixes...

I just finished my assessment of our CSI track at Tech Ed, and the work done by everyone payed off! Kudos to all of the speakers and staff for pulling through. I wish that I could have been there to educate and learn with you. Tell me if you think...

I wrote the following piece with my brother Mark as my editor. We wanted it to be published in the Los Gatos Weekly in our home town in California, but unfortunately, you can only submit dry obituaries. So here goes... a very personal post: The Dias...

Hey everyone, George Copeland just published the reliable messaging implementation built on the WSE 3.0 community technology preview bits . It is not supported; however, should provide a great baseline for folks that need standardized rm. Check it...

Nathan has been posting code tidbits on WSE.

I have been spending an enormous amount of time preparing folks for Tech Ed and my corresponding talk. This morning I invited my colleague, Pete McKiernan, into my office to show him my slides on MetaData. We were laughing about the challenges associated...

Tech Ed is around the corner. I wanted to provide you an update on the distributed systems portion of Connected Systems Infrastructure track. The track will be kicked off with a strategic briefing on Microsoft’s connected systems strategy by Charles...

Yesterday, Kim Cameron and John Shewchuck disclosed Microsoft's strategy for a unified identity metasystem based on the Web services protocols, WS-*. Check out Scott Mace's transcript of Kim's talk on the 7 laws of identity and an articles on ZDNet ....

Steve Ballmer and Scott McNealy gave a press briefing this morning to discuss the new interoperability profile that will enable single sign-on to work for customers building on both the Web services protocols and Liberty.

It is exciting to see WS-Reliable Messaging being submitted to OASIS. Read the press release here . There was substantial backing by vendors, customers, and academic institutions. Let's hope for a steadfast ratification of the specification!

What? How is it possible that Tech Ed is sold out so soon? Well, I am glad I was forcing people to get their registrations in and book their hotels to staff the Connected Systems Infrastructure (CSI) track. I just gave my first solo keynote in Toronto...

You tell me what you want. The cabanas are your time. What topics do you want to cover? I think it is natural to bring in the speakers after their session, but what else is interesting? Who do you want to hear from? What do you want to hear about? John...

I have to say, these guys put me on the floor laughing . I will send some type of swag to the first person (Microsofties that have any relationship to them are disqualified) who tells me who is screaming.

Vinoski and Tim are right about Contract first. I would expect no less from one of the Fathers of distributed computing. I learned this lesson first hand over eight years ago working with Charles White and Eva Guo on a project at HP. Yes, we built service...

The Avalon and Indigo Community Technology Preview is now available, but to MSDN subscribers only for now. Sells is pushing content about the bits on the Indigo section of the Longhorn developer center on MSDN.

I know you all get annoyed with high level articles, but I felt it was important to get one out there that simply went after the high level benefits of WS-Security and why you would want to use Web Services Enhancements (WSE). I compiled a slew of internal...

I still think this was my best post yet, so I am going to republish it... The Integral of Life If you happen to home school your children, if you are a teacher, or you tutor folks now and then, this is a great way to teach calculus: Life is equal to the...

The Connected Systems Infrastructure track is almost finalized (minor tweaks may occur btwn now and then) for Tech Ed 2005 . We have an exceptional line-up of speakers. This year's event promises to give you the tools to build powerful connected systems...

Ari talks about the upcoming VSLive event. Bill Gates talks about Microsoft's commitment to interop. The reason I came to Microsoft becomes more of a reality with each passing day. And Scott Woodgate will demo the powerf of our shipping platform at Tech...

Tech Ed is closing in and Yumay and I want to know your requirements for the Connected Systems Infrastructure track. What critical talks would you like us to cover? There will be a marriage of solutions oriented talks and feature drilldown talks covering...

That is what I thought when my boss, Dr. Bix, gave me a new iPAQ (yes, ungrateful person). It sat in my office for a few months collecting dust until today when I ripped it open. So it has a keyboard, so what, it's not a phone and where is the camera...

I forgot, I wear my Thinktecture swag too even though I swim in it. A baby blue soccer jersey. Now that was a great design!

Random Thoughts: * We listened, we asked, we responded, the tracks from last year will be merged into one. Watch out for the call for papers for the Connected Systems Infrastructure (CSI) track. Get scientific and break out those .NET Framework 2.0, Commerce...

Believe it or not, Tech Ed planning has begun. And I have a question for you. The Connected Systems track last year was very successful. There is a discussion on marrying the content from that track and the BPI track (Think BizTalk and Host Integration...