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Gilmor Gang - Longhorn Pillars
I was listening to IT Conversations again but this time it was the Gilmor Gang. One of the guests was Mary Jo Foley who discussed a story on Microsoft cutting back on what's going into the Longhorn...
Dan Bricklin Interview
Check out the IT Conversations Memory Lane interview with Dan Bricklin. I love the mention of Dan's mother saying to him: Dan, did you know that a spreadsheet can add and subtract?
Intrusive Software
I hate software that's intrusive or attempts to make decisions for me or "guide" me to a decision favouring the software vendor.
Longhorn Transparency
The great benefit of Microsoft's new development direction transparency is that it reduces the probability of real lemons (i.e. products that no one wants) since there is very early feedback.
Anders and AOP
There's a whiteboard session with Anders Hejlsberg on the MSDN site entitled "Whiteboard with Anders Hejlsberg". The very first question that Anders addresses relates to AOP and his reaction was...