Clemens Vasters - TalksIt's 2008. Where's my flying car?One done, twelve to go.- January 24, 2004 The Microsoft Developer Days 2004 in Den Haag (The Hague) were a great event. Not so much fun was going there (the train from Utrecht was split in two trains on the way and I ended up in Rotterdam instead of Den Haag at first) and getting back (the train from Venlo to D&252;sseldorf simply didn't go because of "technical difficulties" so I had to take a rather expensive cab home). I've had lots of interesting discussions and the result of one was that...http://vasters.com/clemensv/PermaLink,guid,a4127e67-f6dd-4291-b1ff-f4acad848a4c.aspx On the road on The Road to Longhorn- January 21, 2004 I leaving shortly for Den Haag for the first installment of the Longhorn Developer Preview Tour throughout Europe as part of the Dutch Developer Days 2004. We start tomorrow and I am quite excited since this is the first time I will speak about Indigo in any detail to a larger audience. I've witnessed Indigo "forming" from a distance when the team was still in "stealth mode" and it's great to see how it comes along. But be forewarned: In my talk there will be no live demos. I have.http://vasters.com/clemensv/PermaLink,guid,045048dc-038e-4d81-af1b-ff2ff0fee1a8.aspx Getting ready for the tour- January 20, 2004 I am getting ready for the Longhorn Developer Preview tour. Now that the whole notebook ordeal is hopefully over, I have been and still am polishing slides and we'll have an online rehearsal today during the day. Furthermore, we're working with Microsoft EMEA on a two day workshop about writing service oriented applications that consolidates all the thinking that I've been blogging about in the past year. The "sample" around which the workshop will center is, not very..http://vasters.com/clemensv/PermaLink,guid,3b781b79-51b3-4945-bfa7-9293a7407bfc.aspx The frustration and joy of installing Longhorn- January 18, 2004 To expect that the newest hardware works with a pre-Alpha version of the newest Microsoft operating system may be expecting a bit much. My Alienware Area51-m just wouldn't boot past the logo screen just 3 seconds after booting from the install disk. It just hung. Bummer. To expect that a hardware vendor, especially one that's comparatively small and which is specialized in gaming machines and therefore very consumer focused, would even consider providing support on...http://vasters.com/clemensv/PermaLink,guid,ea847f8f-9dcf-4cfd-9200-6a95325014e4.aspx |