A reply to a thread on slashdot points to my previous post and says that it sounds like “a new marketing ploy.” This really makes me sad because it isn't at all. Before I came to Microsoft, my favorite software application was Visual C++ ...

I see Andy beat me to the punch of being the first VC blogger to mention the new beta VC++ Express SKU . If I wasn't a Microsoft employee, I'd be downloading this right now instead of typing this entry... The readme is here . The FAQ is here . ...

In the comments to this post from Scoble this past Thursday on the Visual Studio Data team posting their bug stats, someone named matthew says: ”I think what people would really like to see is a 'known bugs' list in existing products, not a one...

This is a great post. Nothing like some major consequences to burn a lesson into your brain. I have my own similar story: Many years ago I was working with a friend of mine, George, in his basement. We were a two-man shop (his company) doing embedded...

Mikhail asks the provocative question, “ Why would anyone use Notepad as a primary editor? ”. Some interesting responses already. One that I haven't seen mentioned is that it's available with the system. You know that any random Windows...

My name is Ron Pihlgren. I am one of the Five Testers From VC . Five Testers From VC was an experimental group blog that grew out of a book study club that some VC testers have had for the past year or so. If you've been following that blog, you know...