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- What will many cores mean to future Windows releases?
- Windows and existing Microsoft programming languages work just fine with one- to four-processor PCs. But when 8- 16 and 64-core client machines become the norm -- in the not-so-distant future -- will Windows, C#, Visual Basic and other Microsoft applications be able to keep up?Seemingly, the answer is no. Microsoft...
- Tags: .Net Framework, App Compatibility, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Research, Virtualization, Visual Studio Orcas, Windows 7, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Microsoft makes it official: SQL Server 'Katmai' due in 2008
- Microsoft makes it official: SQL Server 'Katmai' due in 2008Visual Studio Orcas and SQL Server KatmaiI'd like to try SQL Server Katmai out when Microsoft releases as a public beta -- sometime around 4Q 2007. I think it would go well with Visual Studio Orcas.too quick....We have not upgraded any...
- Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, server, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Katmai, Visual Studio Orcas, too-quick, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)
- At JavaOne today, Sun announced a new Java scripting environment and a new Java platform of tools and software that it plans to make consistent across everything from cell phones to desktops for "all of human kind." So is Suns newly unveiled JavaFX really a Microsoft Silverlight killer? Its...
- Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, Silverlight (wpf/e), Expression Studio, Development tools, Corporate strategy, .Net Framework
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Jasper: Dynamic languages meet dynamic database development
- Its code name central at Mix 07 in Las Vegas this week. On May 2 at Microsofts Web 2.0 conference, officials are set to put "Jasper," a k a "Dynamic ADO.Net," through its paces. In a session entitled "Rapidly Building Data Driven Web Pages with Dynamic ADO.Net," Microsoft officials...
- Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, SQL Server, MIX07, Development tools, Database, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- A new Microsoft software plus service: Silverlight Streaming
- Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie took the wraps off Microsofts latest example of software plus service (S+S) -- a new video streaming offering called Silverlight Streaming -- during his opening keynote at Microsofts Mix 07 conference on April 30. Silverlight Streaming is in alpha. It is a free...
- Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Silverlight (wpf/e), MIX07, Expression Studio, Development tools
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- Microsoft to roll out dynamic-language layer for .Net
- Microsoft is readying a new software layer designed to allow dynamic languages to integrate more easily and tightly with its .Net Framework, according to sources. Microsoft is aiming to unveil the new technology -- which it may christen as the "Dynamic Language Runtime" DLR -- at its Mix...
- Tags: .Net Framework, Development tools, Visual Studio Orcas
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Microsoft Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 ready for download
- Microsoft officials said earlier this week that they planned to deliver Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19, they made good on their word. Microsoft posted for download Beta 1 of the Professional version of Orcas and accompanying Team System lifecycle-development system...
- Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Visual Studio Orcas, Vista, Development tools
- Blog posts 2007-04-20
- Microsoft Visual Studio Orcas: Maybe in 2007, maybe not
- Microsoft is back to hedging about when the company will deliver the final version of "Orcas," the next release of its Visual Studio tool suite. Last year, the Softies were quietly floating a 2007/2008 delivery date for Orcas. Then, in February 2007, Scott Guthrie, the general manager of Microsofts...
- Tags: Code names, Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Microsoft Tech Summit: The 'non-fanboys' descend on Redmond
- Microsoft is big on inviting not just its customers and partners, but non-believers, too, to visit the Microsoft campus and discover for themselves that Softies are people, too. (And who better to ask than Java, PHP and Linux developers -- as Microsoft execs seemingly did several times during...
- Tags: WPF/e, Windows server, Windows client, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Shared Source, Linux, Development tools, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Why the Sharp languages still matter
- Its been a while since Microsoft has talked publicly about the # Sharp programming languages under development by its research unit. But the silence doesnt mean nothings been happening. Elements of the Sharps -- F#, Spec#, X# now known as C Omega, all of which build on top of...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, Development tools, Visual Studio Orcas, .Net Framework
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Microsoft: Visual Studio Orcas still on track for 2007
- Microsoft has yet to post a beta build of Visual Studio "Orcas." But the product is still slated to ship in 2007, according to Scott Guthrie, General Manager of Microsofts Developer Division. Guthrie confirmed the 2007 release-date target for Orcas in a blog posting on February 8. He said...
- Tags: Code names, Development tools, Expression Studio, Orcas, Visual Studio Orcas
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
- Microsoft releases version 1.0 of its Ajax framework
- Microsofts ASP.Net Ajax framework -- the product formerly code-named "Atlas" -- is done. Microsoft released the tool to the Web for download on January 23. The tool, designed for developers of rich Web applications, is free and works with ASP.Net 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. The product comes...
- Tags: AJAX, ASP.NET AJAX, Development tools, Microsoft ASP.NET, Visual Studio Orcas
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- What's Microsoft's mysterious 'Technology X'?
- An eagle-eyed reader pointed me to a cryptic line on the just-launched Microsoft Mix 07 Web site. Just below the "If you are a Web developer," there are some bullets suggesting reasons to attend the late-April developer conference, including one that promises attendees the ability to create "exciting new...
- Tags: WPF/e, Expression Studio, Code names, Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- A (Microsoft) code name a day: Rosario
- Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....
- Tags: Rosario Best guess, codename, Visual Studio Team System, Visual Studio Team, Microsoft Corp., Code names, Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2006-12-15
- A (Microsoft) code name a day: Hawaii
- Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....
- Tags: codename, Microsoft Corp., Code names, Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- Mark your calendars: PDC 2007
- Microsoft developers, start your engines. The 2007 Professional Developers Conference is now booked for October 2 through 5 in Los Angeles. Expect Longhorn Server and Visual Studio "Orcas" to be the stars of the show, this time around. You can subscribe to the RSS feed for PDC 2007 here.
- Tags: PDC 2007, PDC, Visual Studio Orcas, Windows Server Longhorn, Development tools
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- The Microsoft dating game
- In responding to my Microsoft predictions for 2007 post earlier this week, reader PB_z raised an interesting question: "When you say Microsoft will "slip Visual Studio Orcas from 2007 to 2008, that implies that Microsoft has already announced a 2007 release date. Have they? Can you point to that...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Visual Studio Orcas, Corporate strategy, Vista
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- A (Microsoft) code name a day: Cider
- Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always...
- Tags: codename, Microsoft Corp., Cider Best guess, Code names, Windows XP, Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Vista
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- Let the 2007 Microsoft prediction season officially begin
- Its that time of year: When Microsoft watchers thoughts turn to year-end round-ups and year-ahead prediction columns. Over on Redmond Magazine, I published my annual attempt to look into my virtual crystal ball and come away with some sane and somewhat less measured lists of what Im expecting from...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Legal, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- From the trenches: What's it like developing for Vista and Office 2007?
- Earlier this month, Microsoft released to manufacturing a couple of technologies that will be key for developers interested in writing applications that will run on top of Windows Vista and Office 2007: The .Net Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 Second Edition SE. Not everyone...
- Tags: VSTO 2005 SE, VSTO 2005 Second Edition, developer, Microsoft Office 2007, .Net FX 3.0, Housekeeping, Vista, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Visual Studio Orcas, Office 2007, App Compatibility
- Blog posts 2006-11-22
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