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June 2004 - Posts

A new marketing ploy?

A reply to a thread on slashdot points to my previous post and says that it sounds like “a new marketing ploy.” This really makes me sad because it isn't at all. Before I came to Microsoft, my favorite software application was Visual C++ (and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:37 PM by ronpih | 5 Comments

VC++ Express Edition Available!

I see Andy beat me to the punch of being the first VC blogger to mention the new beta VC++ Express SKU . If I wasn't a Microsoft employee, I'd be downloading this right now instead of typing this entry... The readme is here . The FAQ is here . The product Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:19 PM by ronpih | 1 Comments
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Bug Transparency

In the comments to this post from Scoble this past Thursday on the Visual Studio Data team posting their bug stats, someone named matthew says: ”I think what people would really like to see is a 'known bugs' list in existing products, not a one Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:51 PM by ronpih | 0 Comments

Danger as a Teaching Mechanism

This is a great post. Nothing like some major consequences to burn a lesson into your brain. I have my own similar story: Many years ago I was working with a friend of mine, George, in his basement. We were a two-man shop (his company) doing embedded Read More...
Posted Friday, June 25, 2004 7:16 PM by ronpih | 3 Comments

Notepad as your primary editor?

Mikhail asks the provocative question, “ Why would anyone use Notepad as a primary editor? ”. Some interesting responses already. One that I haven't seen mentioned is that it's available with the system. You know that any random Windows machine Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:38 PM by ronpih | 3 Comments

Splintering Off...

My name is Ron Pihlgren. I am one of the Five Testers From VC . Five Testers From VC was an experimental group blog that grew out of a book study club that some VC testers have had for the past year or so. If you've been following that blog, you know Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:37 AM by ronpih | 0 Comments
 
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