http://blogs.msdn.com/hartmutm/archive/tags/General/default.aspxTags: GeneralenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/hartmutm/archive/2005/10/31/487480.aspxTue, 01 Nov 2005 01:30:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:487480Hartmut Maennel0http://blogs.msdn.com/hartmutm/comments/487480.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/hartmutm/commentrss.aspx?PostID=487480<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I joined Microsoft <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> in 1998, and moved to the Visual Studio Group in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Redmond</st1:place></st1:City> in 2000. The last two years I have been working in the C# product unit, currently in the DLinq team, and plan to blog about DLinq from time to time. The current web site for LINQ and DLinq is here: <A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq/">http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq/</A> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Before joining Microsoft I studied mathematics in <st1:City w:st="on">Bonn</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> and worked as a mathematician at </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Institute for Advanced Study, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Princeton</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NJ</st1:State></st1:place>,</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Katholische <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Universität Eichstätt</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As a hobby, I am still interested in some mathematical aspects of Computer Science, and may also blog about that.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=487480" width="1" height="1">General