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October 2005 - Posts

Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 shipped!

Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:43 AM by Somasegar
Earlier today, we shipped Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0! This is by far the best Visual Studio and .NET Framework release that we have ever done. I am very proud to be a part of the team that did a phenomenal job of delivering this fantastic Read More...
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Dream big

Posted Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:32 PM by Somasegar
Last week I had a chance to talk about Leadership to a group of senior managers in one of the business groups at Microsoft. One nugget that I shared with that crowd is something that I wanted to share broadly. In my opinion, the first and foremost leadership Read More...
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MVP Summit

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:51 PM by Somasegar
We recently hosted a conference for our Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). Over a thousand of our MVPs for all products attended the summit from all over the world. From a timing perspective, this was great having this right on the heels of the PDC. Read More...
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Key trends in software development

Posted Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:04 PM by Somasegar
I keep getting asked frequently what some of the key trends are that I see which will have a big impact on how we develop software. Here are five such trends that come to my mind: Concurrency: What’s next with microprocessors? If you talk to the major Read More...
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channel 9 - Here I come!

Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:20 PM by Somasegar
Recently, Andy Lees (VP of Server and Tools Marketing), Ted Kummert (VP of BizTalk Server) and I had a chance to interact with Robert Scoble and Jennifer Ritzinger at Microsoft for channel 9. You can view this channel 9 session here . This gave us an Read More...
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Why do I blog?

Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:33 PM by Somasegar
I have often been asked as to why I blog. The answer is: - writing helps me crystallize my thoughts - gives me an instantaneous worldwide audience - enables me to have a 2-way dialog with the community Blogging is a great way to have a 2-way dialog and Read More...
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Security Guidance for Applications

Posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:04 PM by Somasegar
One of the biggest requests from our customers is for us to share what we have learnt and know about writing secure software with developers around the world. Our Patterns and Practices team has done just that. Here is the index to the security guidance Read More...
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Giving

Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:19 AM by Somasegar
With the advent of October, we are getting into yet another Holiday season. Microsoft has kicked off the annual giving campaign. This is an annual event where our employees’ generosity coupled with the company’s dollar for dollar matching policy (up to Read More...
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