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Silent install of the .NET Framework
When I talked to ISV, they often just want to use the .NET Framework as an implementation detail of their applications.. they don't want their users to have to go to windows update or MSDN to download the framework, and they don't want to have some Microsoft Read More...
Posted 26 June 07 08:32 by BradA | 7 Comments   
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Check out the NYTimes reader...
The folks over at the NYTimes have released the beta of the NYTimes reader … a .NET Framework 3.0 based application that provides an amazingly rich experience for reading the newspaper… I have been on the internal pre-beta program for a while and I have Read More...
Even more on .NET Framework 3.0...
I wanted to respond to a few comments.. Keeron asked about what .NET Framework includes exactly. JasonZ does a good job with this one.. The Linq support for C# (and VB for that mater) is scheduled for Orcas... We have not locked on a final version number, Read More...
Posted 11 June 06 07:44 by BradA | 51 Comments   
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A new Opportunity for me...
As many of you know after you ship a major release there is inevitably a re-org as the teams get in alignment to deliver on the next set of opportunities… One of the outcomes of our post- Whidbey shuffle here at Microsoft was to create a product unit Read More...
Where to find ISV-style C# experience
I had an opportunity recently to chat briefly to Eric Hahn (of Netscape and Lookout fame) about his next interesting project… which btw, will be built in C# just like lookout. He mentioned that it was hard to find developers with world class ISV-style Read More...
The output of planning is an organization aligned around the plan
I have been doing a little thinking about planning recently.. How do we decide what features are going product? What big bets is the product going to make? What scenarios do we enable? As you might guess, I am working on all kinds of collateral around Read More...
Posted 05 July 05 06:00 by BradA | 1 Comments   
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API Usability Study Article Posted
I bloged a while back about the Dr. Dobbs on Measuring API Usability . I just got permission from the nice folks at Dr. Dobbs to post the article publicly for your reading pleasure. Any teams at Microsoft you think I should print off a copy and hand-deliver Read More...

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