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Visual Studio 2010 Performance Part 3: A Technical Update
19 August 09 10:14 AM | ricom | 11 Comments   

If I have any readers left out there, they might be interested to know what it is I’m up to this month. It’s a very important something. It’s... my vacation! Ok, seriously, I am in fact on vacation and I’ll be out for the next few weeks mostly because Read More...

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Visual Studio: Why is there no 64 bit version? (yet)
10 June 09 08:34 PM | ricom | 78 Comments   

Disclaimer: This is yet another of my trademarked "approximately correct" discussions From time to time customers or partners ask me about our plans to create a 64 bit version of Visual Studio. When is it coming? Why aren’t we making it a priority? Haven’t Read More...

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Visual Studio 2010 Performance Part 2: Text Editor
05 June 09 08:04 PM | ricom | 17 Comments   

Part 1 of this series talked about the startup problems we face. In Part 2, I want to talk about the editor. Many people have reported that editing with the new editor is slower. I’ve experienced the same thing myself so I certainly do not want to accuse Read More...

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Visual Studio 2010 Performance Part 1: Startup
31 May 09 12:46 AM | ricom | 31 Comments   

I want to start by thanking everyone that has commented on the Beta (by posting their thoughts here or elsewhere) for doing so. Please keep those comments coming! They have a great impact on the senior leadership here and they are excellent rallying points Read More...

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Visual Studio 10 -- Your Performance Feedback plus Beta 1
20 May 09 01:14 PM | ricom | 48 Comments   

At Microsoft you can't say you're excited about anything you have to say that you're "super excited". I don't know why that's just the way it is . So, I'm happy to say that I'm super excited about the release of Beta 1 and I encourage you all to visit Read More...

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Visual Studio -- working on performance
14 May 09 10:46 AM | ricom | 35 Comments   

Jason has a new posting on the progress of Visual Studio and I wanted to chime in myself. Some people have been wondering what I’ve been up to… I think you’ll be happy to hear that about 2 months ago I put down a bunch of my long term planning responsibilities Read More...

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