It has been quite a while since my last blog (almost 8 months, I guess). Between now and then, a team has broken the curse and finally won a championship; an election has finshed with no president change; a cute boy has turned 3-year old (that would be my son); a beautiful lady has quitted MSFT and started her pursue as a law professor, or maybe a lawyer (that would be my wife). 

And for me, I actually changed to another product team within Microsoft. Now, I am an outsider to Commerce Server. The thing I missed most? some smart, sharp people. As a matter of fact, the "Mr. guru", David Messner, is really one the best, most solid developers I've ever worked with. I still enjoyed the discussion with him about the discount engine algorithm.

Not surprisingly, I worked with another group of smart folks in the new team (after all, it's Microsoft). But surprisingly, IMO, my new position gives me a better perspecitve to look at Commerce Server. Now I can spend more time looking at .net framework, the SOA, Biztalk and Commerce Server. And I find it interesting to look at Commerce Server product and think about how it fits in the whole picture of MSFT's offering for enterprise software solutions. So I will still focus my blogging on Commerce Server a lot. But meanwhile, adding other stuff I've mentioned above.

It's nice to be back and let me whether I can keep it up or take another long break before my boy's 4th birthday party.