February 2004 - Posts

• The software crisis

  Jim Fawcette, president of Fawcette Technical Publications, talked in his most recent blog entry about the decline in programming jobs and wages, which he attributes to a combination of offshoring and the increasing productivity of developer tools. He Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:41 AM by DarcyBurner | 14 Comments

• Master classes

  We've been thinking about how we should provide the best, most valuable content we can to large numbers of software vendors. There are some channels through which Microsoft already does a fairly decent job of this: MSDN and the Professional Developer's Read More... Posted Monday, February 09, 2004 10:25 PM by DarcyBurner | 6 Comments

• I'm doing a webcast this morning

  I'll be talking about programs available to ISVs to help them develop on new and upcoming technologies. If you're interested in attending - I will be taking Q&A both online and live at the end - you can register at http://members.microsoft.com/partner/isv/worktog/seminars.aspx Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:19 AM by DarcyBurner | 1 Comments