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November 2005 - Posts

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:26 AM

East Med Developers Conference (EDC) rescheduled

Unfortunately as I posted earlier our region is dynamic and sometimes we receive our bad share of events. With the bombings of three hotels in central Amman earlier this month EDC has been rescheduled. No definite date exists but quite possibliy it will
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 0 Comments
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:49 AM

Port Louis, Mauritius Launch and Tech Days - Nov 22-24, 2005

Mauritius? For those that do not know its a small tropical island in the Inidian ocean several thousand kilometers east of Africa with beautiful beaches and lush vegetation. Need I say more? It was a 3 day event with over 700 attendees, but add to that
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 2 Comments
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:38 AM

Nairobi, Kenya Launch - Nov 14, 2005

My next stop was in Kenya for the launch. Kenya was my first trip to Africa and I can honestly say its an exciting and interesting place not only for business but culture. The launch was held at a "safari resort" and there were nearly 400 attendees. As
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 8 Comments
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:29 AM

Beirut, Lebanon Launch - Nov 7, 2005

I'm sorry that many of these posts are coming late and even in batches, but not all the airlines have internet access on board and often even if they did the time in the sky is often needed for sleep. On November 7th I participated in the product launch
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 2 Comments
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:52 AM

What is MEA? What countries do you cover?

In my travels this is the most frequently asked question. MEA stands for Middle East and Africa. In fact it covers more than that as we also have parts of Europe (Cyprus, Malta, Turkey), Pakistan, Tahiti (Yes Tahiti!), and more. But what about a more
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 4 Comments
Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:54 AM

LINQ now? In .NET 1.1 and 2.0?

Well almost. Until PDC this year LINQ was just an experiment. At PDC it came to the forefront and has garnered rightfully so a lot of attention. I've been using a similar technique for many years. Earlier this year I ported it to C# to take advantage
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Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:50 AM

Where are the articles you mentioned?

During some of the sessions I have presented at the launches I have mentioned some articles I have written. I wrote these articles before I came to Microsoft so you can find them on my personal tech blog . With the release of SQL Server 2005 and its unprecendented
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 0 Comments
Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:30 AM

Where are you?

I'm a little bit of everywhere. I'm supporting the Visual Studio.NET 2005, SQL Server 2005, BizTalk 2006 launches in the subs. All in all I am scheduled in 13 countries, 16 cities, 3 continents, in about 40 days. Because of this I've had little time to
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Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:22 AM

Looking for the famous video?

Are you looking for the video I've been showing in my travels? Its under the next topic "Who says Microsoft does not have a sense of humor" or you can go to it directly here . Click Watch the entire show. You will need to sign up for the site and have
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