Mehran Nikoo's Noteson Software Architecture, .NET Framework and Connected SystemsRay Ozzie on Software-plus-Services Strategy- April 24, 2008 I always find Ray Ozzie's memos an interesting read. His most recent memo is about Microsoft's Software-plus-Services strategy where he talks about the guiding principles informing the design and development of Microsoft products for consumers and businesses. These are my favourite sections from his memo: The web is first and foremost a mesh of people. Elements of this social mesh will be a first-class attribute of most all software and service experiences, as the "personal" of..http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2008/04/24/Ray_2D00_Ozzie_2D00_on_2D00_Software_2D00_plus... WPF (70-502), WCF (70-503) and WF (70-504) Exams- April 20, 2008 As Gerry mentioned in his blog, WPF, WCF and WF exams went live on Monday last week. As you may already know, these are Technical Specialist (TS) level exams so they are added to your MCTS credentials. This is how the MCTS logo looks like when you add the WCF and WF credentials to the logo (I know it is way too wide!): If you are an existing MCPD...http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2008/04/20/WPF_5F00_WCF_5F00_WF_5F00_Exams.aspx OpenXML ISO Standardization- April 2, 2008 Great news: ISOIEC DIS 29500 (Office OpenXML) has received the necessary votes for approval as an ISO standard. This decision was made by the national bodies in the Ballot Resolution Meeting in Geneva during the week 25-29 Feb 2008. In order to be approved as an ISO standard, at least 66% of the votes cast should be positive and no more than 25% of the votes should be negative. By the end of the ballot resolution process (at midnight on Sat 29 Mar 2008), 75% of the votes cast were positive and..http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2008/04/02/OpenXML_5F00_ISO_5F00_Standardization.aspx New VSTS+TFS 2008 Trial VPC Image- April 1, 2008 If you have been using the trial VPC image for VSTS 2008 RTM, you may already know that the image will expire on 1st April 2008. So if you want to carry on using a VPC image for trial purposes, then go and download the updated image. This image is a very useful evaluation tool and contains: - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2- Windows updates as of 25th March 2008- VSTS 2008 Team Suite- TFS 2008- Team Explorer 2008- Team Build...http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2008/04/01/New_2D00_VSTS_2D00_TFS_2D00_2008_2D00_Trial_2D... |