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New Windows Vista and WinFX Sites Launched

Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:33 PM by tomarcher

In addition to the launch of the first public Windows Vista Beta since last year's PDC, we have also published a complete redesign of the MSDN Windows Vista and WinFX developer centers in order to create a seamless, unified experience for users moving Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Windows Vista

Why MSDN publishes more Managed Code than Native Code Information

Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:15 AM by tomarcher

From time to time, I get queries like “Why is Microsoft forcing managed code on us?” or “Why is Microsoft abandoning native code?” and so on. As MSDN is a key Microsoft public interface to developers, I thought I’d answer that from my own perspective. Read More...

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Filed under: Visual C++, MSDN, Windows Vista

Why so many examples in Visual Basic?

Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 4:59 PM by tomarcher

I've received a few queries lately as to why MSDN - and Microsoft as a whole - has become more focused on producing Visual Basic.NET examples and code snippets in our articles and presentations. The reason is two-fold. First, while I can't publicly state Read More...

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