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More VC6 migration

In the comment area, Nish Sivakumar, VC++ MVP, pointed out some further VC6 migration info available...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/16/2005

C++/CLI now an International Standard!

Breaking news... The ECMA General Assembly has approved C++/CLI as an international standard. ECMA...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/14/2005

Migrating from VC6

I'm back in Redmond today after spending a few days in Dallas for the VC++ Accelerator Lab. Thanks...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/14/2005

Deep in the Heart of Texas

I'm here in Dallas delivering 2005's final VC++ Accelerator Lab at our Las Colinas campus with Ayman...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/12/2005

MFC and WinForms integration

Developer.com posted a brief-but-informative article by Nick Wienholt on MFC and WinForms...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/09/2005

Gettin' my read on

I travel a good deal. So, what that means -- other than that I've hardened to the point that I will...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/07/2005

Is C++ a first-class .NET language?

I get this question pretty frequently. Most recently, reader Wil brings it up in response to my last...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/21/2005

C++ or C# to get started?

TexBlog reader Gordon writes:"I just got VS 2005 C++ Express. I have been looking for comprehensive...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/16/2005

100 blogs without GYM?

Scoble's trying to do 100 blogs without mentioning Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft. He's now 25% of the...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/14/2005

Applause-o-meter

As an ISV, it's fun to see what product features folks are excited about based on spontaneous...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/10/2005

eWeek discusses C++ futures

Esther Schindler of eWeek wrote on this week's C++ Connections conference. Near the end of the...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/10/2005

Concurrency, a roast, and a burrito

A bunch of session yesterday at C++ Connections on concurrency, threading, and the like. Highlights...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/09/2005

A Tale of Two Conferences

As fortune would have it this week, the C++ Connections in Vegas overlaps with the annual Borland...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/09/2005

Software Security: When good neighborhoods go bad

I guess this entry would be a zombie blog, since I wrote part of it live and part of it after the...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/08/2005

Live from C++ Connections

I thought I'd try my hand at this live blogging thing to see first hand what all the kids are...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/08/2005

I saw a Beatle!

Sir Paul played the Key Arena last night. And I was there. At the risk of revealing my manifest...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/04/2005

When is 4 gig not 4 gig?

Interesting problem came up last week. Let's say you compile the following code with VC++ targeting...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/31/2005

Everyone's a rifleman

My military career was exceedingly short and undistinguished. I spent a month in US Marine Corps...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/24/2005

VC++ 2005 optimizations in the real world

I thought I'd share this direct feedback from a customer that attended a recent VC++ 2005 dev lab:...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/12/2005

Silicon Valley Dev Lab (and it's nice to be home)

I finally completed what turned out to be a busy few weeks meeting and working with VC++ customers....

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/06/2005

I love the smell of hyperbole in the morning

Keyboards are wagging in the press over the recent joint announcement between Google and Sun that...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/04/2005

Welcome, Chad

Chad Hower, a fellow former Delphi community guy, has recently joined Microsoft as a .NET Developer...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/04/2005

Reston DevLab post mortem

Not sure why I'm calling it a "post mortem," since I feel pretty solidly in the midst of mortem...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/28/2005

Good code and bad coffee

I'm in Reston, VA this week with team members Ayman Shoukry and Alex Thaman where we're putting on a...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/27/2005

The Company Meeting

So, you may have heard that the big Microsoft company meeting was held yesterday at Safeco field. A...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/24/2005

Avast ye techie talk!

My wife, Helen, reminds me that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Who says so? Well, Dave Barry, for...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/19/2005

PDC05: Wrap up

Thanks to all the customers that took the time to meet with me! There was a ton of cool content at...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/19/2005

PDC05: Over the hump

The middle day of PDC was indeed the busiest of all for me. The VC++ team held five fairly in-depth...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/15/2005

PDC05: A busy day two

After staying up late last night, I got up early to register and watch the keynote. I took the...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/14/2005

PDC05: Looking up

As Emperor Zurg might say, Los Angeles' power outage today appeared to be caused by the high voltage...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/13/2005

Powerless at PDC05

I managed to arrive in LA just in time for a huge power outage. You really haven't lived until...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/12/2005

Robert Scoble interviews Bill Gates on Channel 9

Fellow San Jose State Spartan, Robert Scoble, finally gets The Man in his lens. Cool interview. I...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/08/2005

About Steve

Steve Teixeira is the Product Unit Manager for the Parallel Development Tools team within Developer...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/01/2005

The local shop: Subverting the path of least resistance

I like coffee. Okay, I really like coffee. I'm not even sure the morning would ever turn to...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/29/2005

Visual C++ at PDC05

If you're a Visual C++ developer headed to PDC05, there are a bunch of cool things for you to see...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/25/2005

Will the browser become the OS?

In a word: hogwash. In fact, I think the time is long overdue to file this .com-era fallacy away...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/19/2005

What do MFC and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have in common?

Steven Sinofsky, VP of all things Office, posted a great blog entry last night on the important role...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/19/2005

Chuck's blogging

Chuck Jazdzewski, a fellow member of the Hard to Spell Last Names Club, has begun blogging recently....

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/15/2005

C++ Connections Conference

Go to Vegas, enjoy a great C++ conference, and ride home on a Harley. Well, anyone that wants to...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/11/2005

.com era buzzwords

I like words. Whereas normal, high functioning people appreciate words for their ability to...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/11/2005

More Cowbell

"I have a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!" For some reason, Christopher...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/10/2005

Windows Error Reporting

I get this question a lot, so I thought I'd pass on The Old New Thing blog entry on Windows Error...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/10/2005

The Path of Least Resistance

Mark Cuban, technologist and Dallas Mavericks owner, has an interesting blog I keep on my RSS short...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/10/2005

Now the crickets make sense

It's obvious to me now they were locusts. The apocalypse is obviously nigh, as my wife has begun...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/05/2005

Things you shouldn't have to ask the front desk

"Is it normal to have dead crickets all over the floor of my room?" Yeah, seriously. I'm in the...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/04/2005

STL.NET: generics and templates

Developer.com posted a pithy article today on STL.NET. This whole templates vs. generics area seems...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/01/2005

Using C++/CLI for .NET development

Good article on Code Project on some of the advantages of using C++/CLI for .NET development. The...

Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 07/28/2005

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