July 2006 - Posts
[Updated 2006-08-02 with correct links] When discussing how to design and build Service Oriented systems, one of the most enduring questions I've heard is "how do I design a Service Oriented system?" The actual meaning behind this question ranges from
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To paraphrase Monty Python's Dead Parrot Sketch : "[The FIARK has] passed on ! This [FIARK] is no more ! It has ceased to be ! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late [FIARK]. It's a stiff . Bereft of life, it rests in peace, if you hadn't
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I was talking with Scott Woodgate recently about VirtualPC and Microsoft's up 'n' coming virtualization technologies in Vista. He said that there was going to be some great news around VirtualPC coming very soon. That news is now out – Virtual PC is now
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I know that many of you eagerly awaited the June 2006 .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly "WinFX") CTP so that you could start cranking on code, demos and Proof Of Concept (POC) apps that utilize CardSpace and the other NETFX3 technologies. Alas, I regret to
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Wow! I've just got back from a long weekend away and found that much has happened in the last few days. Not only has .NET Framework 3.0 July CTP been released, but Microsoft announces today that we've acquired Winternals Software (and Sysinternals ) and
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I recall, with great fondness, happily spending a couple of hours one day when I was 6 dismantling my Dad's record deck because I wanted to find out how they got The Beatles in there. This investigative behaviour continued - when I was 8 I took the back
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... when, in my previous post about the Magic8Ball demo , I wrote "(WCF - formerly "InfoCard"). I of course meant "(WCF - formerly "Indigo"). Apologies to all ... and thanks to all those who pointed out the error! :)
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