July 2005 - Posts

• Power Collections for .NET released

  Peter Golde , one of the original designers of the C# language, has been working recently on Power Collections for .NET , which is now released . According to the web site, Power Collections is a "Community Project to Develop the Best Public License Collection Read More... Posted Friday, July 29, 2005 4:37 PM by scottwil | 8 Comments

• WinFx Beta 1 and new names

  Yesterday's Longhorn Beta 1 release is also accompanied by Win Fx Beta 1 , which makes it easier for developers to try out the new functionality -- WinFx also runs on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The release also includes some real names for components Read More... Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:20 AM by scottwil | 1 Comments

• Windows Vista Beta is now available

  Windows Vista Beta 1 is available. Here are a few links to news articles I've read about this today: InformationWeek: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Beta 1 InfoWorld: Microsoft Delivers Windows Vista Beta PC World: Windows Vista Beta Program Begins Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:45 PM by scottwil | 2 Comments

• Windows Vista Developer Center

  The Windows Vista (previously known as Longhorn) Developer Center is live, and has some new material for developers regarding advances in Windows Vista. --Scott Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:04 AM by scottwil | 0 Comments

• Debugger Chat this Thursday

  I will be participating in a debugger chat this Thursday, from 1 pm to 2 pm Pacific time. If you have questions about VS 2005 debugging functionality, or want to provide input on future releases, please join us! Scott Nonnenberg provides some additional Read More... Posted Monday, July 25, 2005 9:21 AM by scottwil | 0 Comments

• Longhorn ==> Windows Vista

  VS 2005 (aka Whidbey) is the next major version of Visual Studio. The version after that is code-named Orcas, and will build applications that target the newly named Windows Vista , formerly code-named Longhorn. Here are some related news pieces from Read More... Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 1:12 PM by scottwil | 2 Comments

• My goals for the next year

  First of all, my apologies for the lack of posts lately. June and July are always busy for me, with the combination of vacation , regular work, and our annual review process. As part of our review process, we ask all of our employees to step back and Read More... Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 11:40 AM by scottwil | 4 Comments