Randy Holloway at Microsoft

I thought there was some momentum building, but it seems that some of the people that were starting to blog on SQL Server or data access have been quiet recently. I hope that they become active again soon.

From Doug Purdy : Host Web Service Applications With Cassini : This is interesting and useful. Thanks for reading it.

According to this article , Microsoft will be reviving its Trustbridge product , first announced last year. I don't understand why a feature like this isn't baked into the OS, both client and server. This article makes it sound as if Trustbridge is a...

Sorry, couldn't resist posting a link to something with that clever of a title. Article here .

I just got off the phone with Robert Scoble . We were talking about a book project that I wanted his input on, and the topic naturally shifted to the publishing industry. I was interested to see what he had to say given his background in the publishing...

ENTNews has an article on Microsoft's Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB). This feature will likely ship with Longhorn. The feature is described as a "secure OS kernel" that runs separately from the main OS kernel. I'll be interested to hear...

I took a week off over the July 4th holiday, but I'm back and getting ready to ramp up into work and other responsibilities.  I have a few articles getting wrapped up today and tomorrow- one for Hardcore Web Services and another in .NET Magazine .  I...

SearchWin2000.com interviews Stan Sorenson, director of product management for SQL Server, on the topic of migrating from SQL Server 2000 to Yukon.

Here's an article that I recently wrote for .NET Magazine on the development of standards for Web services. The bottom line of the article is this- if you're considering the adoption of Web services in the enterprise, you have to be aware of what is going...

I recently wrote this article on hosting web service applications with Cassini for Hardcore Web Services  (edited by Mike Gunderloy ). If you're interested in learning more about the internals of of a web server or are looking for a lightweight server...

Dare has posted a thoughtful endorsement of Echo . I'm in agreement that new standards to support weblogging should be constantly under review, and should work to build upon the limitations and shortcomings of the previous technologies. That's the nature...

The beta release status is "day to day" according to Stan Sorenson, director of product management for SQL Server. (Courtesy of InternetWeek ) Stan's a great guy, but he's the one who claimed that the beta would be released in time for TechEd. And...

Thurrott writes that despite earlier claims from Microsoft, there will be a Longhorn Server product. I think Microsoft is making a mistake here in one respect- they should not be stating their plans for the Windows product line so early as they have over...

Fortune: Alas, Poor Microsoft ... You Used to Be So Interesting Here is a key quote from this article, "Microsoft's software is good enough... Longhorn might get geeks all sweaty with desire, but to the rest of us, it's still just an operating system...

Neowin.net: Yukon beta in mid-July .

OpenLink Software hosts a WWDC2003 Community Blog Space at  http://wwdc2003.openlinksw.com/ . Check it out.

According to this ZDNet article , Microsoft's goal is to commoditize the market for data mining tools with the upcoming Yukon release (presumably for the Windows platform). I think this may be a bit overstated, but Microsoft is definitely looking to provide...

Don  outlines his  XML "kernel" , but doesn't include XSLT, XPath, or XQuery. I don't have Don's depth of knowledge of the XML particulars, but I can't imagine being highly productive with XML without the support of XSLT or XPath, and XQuery looks very...

Thurrott speculates that Longhorn will include a subscription feature for automatic virus updates, and complains that the anti-virus feature should be free as are features like the Windows Media Player, etc.. It seems that Microsoft is trying to preserve...

No, I'm not referring to antiquated computing equipment. I'm referring to  really cool househould appliances . At my house we have a few cats and a dog, so keeping things very tidy is a challenge. I want one of these, so if anyone has any experience with...

Tom's Hardware has an article about the WinFS file system.  This is required reading for those interested in the coming advances in filesystem technologies in Windows.

After no significant attention to this area for years, there is a much greater focus recently on filesystem technologies.  Over at Slashdot, Hans Reiser of the ReiserFS project is being interviewed on his open source filesystem project . There are...

Instead of working on reviving a failing business model or improving its core technology offerings, Sun has to resort to these tactics . Scott "My Name is FUD" McNealy is reported to have said  "There's no question we're going to go after the AIX base...

For years now Google has owned internet searches. Except for a few radicals, everyone has embraced Google. A  News.com article today talks about how  Microsoft is making a move in the search arena. I'm pleased to see this, because I see Google getting...

Kingsley blogs on the upcoming Yukon features and compares them to OpenLink's Virtuoso product.  While Yukon has many new features, the Virtuoso product does support many of the same features that Yukon is touting for developers.  Since it is available...