November 2004 - Posts

Solaris/Java and Windows Interoperability webcasts
30 November 04 04:28 PM | jvast | 0 Comments   

I wanted to bring your attention to the webcasts we'll be broadcasting on Solaris/Java/Windows/.NET interop over at this site. If you often find yourself in multiples of those realms, you won't want to miss this month long series of webcasts. Registration Read More...

Faaa-bulous Konfabulator
24 November 04 09:45 AM | jvast | 2 Comments   

So after the rather negative tone of voice I took on yesterday's post, I felt obligated to post about 3 guys who with a little alchemy, produce Konfabulator . I think I would term Konfabulator more as software art if I were to categorize it. Why do I Read More...

why i uninstalled Blinkx
23 November 04 02:32 PM | jvast | 2 Comments   

So a few weeks back I was poking around the Internet for the latest in desktop search tools. I had been running the Google Desktop Search since it came out. However, I am not particularly enamored with the Google tool, I think because I wanted a rich Read More...

Microsoft DVR on its way
17 November 04 10:54 AM | jvast | 0 Comments   

So today, I have Comcast coming over to install a Microsoft TV digital cable DVR receiver. I also noticed MS just cut a deal with SBC for Microsoft TV yesterday beyond its deal with Comcast so we are starting to emerge from the DOJ shadow. I'm very interested Read More...

Timeless volumes on Application development
16 November 04 02:53 PM | jvast | 1 Comments   

Over at Joel on Software Ranjit posted about which programming books are timeless. I think it is rather telling how computing and application development has evolved over the last 15 years. In the beginning we had only programming language reference manuals. Read More...

CF Guru - Craig Neable on CF 2.0
16 November 04 10:24 AM | jvast | 0 Comments   

Jonthan Wells has a link to a video put together where Craig Neable of Compact Framework fame is talking about CF 2.0. Very imformative video! Looking good Craig!! Link to Video: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/C/F/9CF12BC1-62CE-4D2D-8AE8-26ED9B389F90/craig_neable.wmv Read More...

And the current leader in the Embedded horse race is.....
15 November 04 11:58 AM | jvast | 1 Comments   

Microsoft. Over at InternetNews there is an article on MS growth in the embedded space: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3435501 For me this is the most exciting technology segment out there today. The fact I have a phone today which has Read More...

Goodbye Bluestone, hello JBoss
12 November 04 03:40 PM | jvast | 1 Comments   

News.com has an article up about the news that HP will now provide support for JBoss. Now I can't really comment on JBoss, I installed it a few times and played with over the years, but I never developed any real code using it. Personally when it comes Read More...

Yukon evangelism wave beginning to build
12 November 04 10:32 AM | jvast | 0 Comments   

We now have broad reach evangelism efforts for Yukon on the board. I know many of you have been waiting patiently for Yukon and some of you a little less impatiently. Nonetheless, we now have more than a baker's dozen of webcasts scheduled for the week Read More...

Eclipse redux, again and again and again.....
11 November 04 02:44 PM | jvast | 8 Comments   

Now I know most even within the Microsoft community consider Eclipse to be a major competitor to our Visual Studio line, but I just don't see it. I see it mostly as IBM marketing hype and my sentiment is echoed in a recent Java Pro article with George Read More...

Performance and Scalability in .NET revisited
08 November 04 10:23 AM | jvast | 0 Comments   

I just finished a few days of shows for the quarterly ISV community days. Everything went very well, but I did seem to get the same question quite a bit: What is the best way to scale and tune .NET based applications? I know this document has been out Read More...

ISV Community Days flashback....
04 November 04 01:07 PM | jvast | 0 Comments   

So we just finished another round of ISV Community Days and this last one was focused on WS2003 and Windows Sharepoint Services. I think for the most part they were very well recieved. One thing I think the ISV Community Days does well is weave together Read More...