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Friday, April 11, 2008 3:18 PM

Shameless plug - we're hiring!

As Don and Brian have mentioned, we are working towards an April Update to the F# research release as well CTP this summer and eventually integrating into the next release of Visual Studio. Things are going great on the polishing/finalizing F# front,
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Monday, April 23, 2007 12:58 PM

Improving current approaches of testing

A while ago I said that a professional tester should split his or her time to testing the product and thinking about how to improve upon the current approaches for testing. Now that Orcas Beta1 is out the emphasis for many testers is on running and re-running
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Monday, July 31, 2006 10:51 AM

Back to the front lines!

So the past month I've been pretty busy. The Indigo team has started a new Sprint and I have had the fortune of going on vacation. I've done a lot of thinking about blog topics and things I would like to share with you, so hopefully August will be an
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:54 PM

How do I become a VP in five years and retire in 10?

Why don't more Vice Presidents come from Test at Microsoft?
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:08 PM

LINQ CTP release

New Linq CTP is available, check it out!
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Monday, May 08, 2006 3:37 PM

And so it begins - any suggestions on where to start?

The Visual Studio tooling support for Indigo is starting up. We will be regularly releasing our bits via CTP, what features would you like to see sooner rather than later to provide your feedback?
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Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:39 PM

Some Microsoft codenames

Before I act too harshly on Nintendo for having a cooler codename than product name, here is a list of Microsoft codenames which would make for some pretty interesting products.
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Saturday, April 15, 2006 1:11 PM

What makes a good tester

The VS Indigo QA team has its new member.
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Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:10 PM

You don't have to go home but you can't stay here

Now that the Visual Studio 2005 Generic Bootstrapper has shipped I'll be moving onto the new Windows Communication Foundation designer team for Visual Studio.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:15 PM

LINQ project reactions

Paul Vick, VB technical lead, gave a talk today about some of the new language features for VB .NET 9.0. I would describe the experience as jaw dropping . XML, Data, SQL just working together seamlessly. Wow. As the LINQ project solidifies I'll let you
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Monday, November 14, 2005 4:32 PM

VS Tricks: How to load test files from within a Unit Test

Visual Studio 2005 Team System trick - How to load test files for Unit Tests by using embedded resources.
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Friday, November 11, 2005 3:08 PM

Orcas, The Bootstrapper, and Beyond

What would you like to see in the Bootstrapper in the future?
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Monday, September 19, 2005 12:21 PM

Managed DirectX Bootstrapper package

Today I release a Managed DirectX Bootstrapper package on GotDotNet. (You can also find a previously released Bootstrapper package for deploying the 1.1 Framework as well.) You can check it out here: http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=7e8e8cbd-b447-4a9d-a984-9379d1a0c190
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Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:04 PM

Windows Installer vs. The Bootstrapper, continued

Sorry for two link-listings in a row, but you might find this interesting: http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2005/08/05/448386.aspx Thank goodness all you have to worry about is: <FailIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="ValueLessThan"
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Monday, September 05, 2005 6:14 PM

Visual C++ Express the 'preferred' IDE for Half-Life 2 mods

I saw this link and couldn't help but repost: Valve Names Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition the Preferred Development Environment for “Half-Life 2” Modifications. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-31ValveCPlusPlusPR.mspx Now
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