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New VB9 available

Amanda & Co. have a new version of the compiler available for download. Embedded XML, duck typing, and alignment with DLINQ/ Read about it here .

Published Tue, Jan 24 2006 11:34 AM by don-box
Indigo on the web

Finally a place to collect all of those Indigo transports…

Published Thu, Jan 19 2006 4:01 PM by don-box
Indigo and WF ar Go!

GoLive that is. Today's drop of Indi and WF comes with a GoLive license for folks who want to deploy on our bits. Also noteworthy with this drop is the first XAML-based version of WF - finally our MSDN piece will match the bits in user's hands.

Published Wed, Jan 18 2006 1:51 PM by don-box
Lisp is Sin

Sriram ruminates on his experiences with Lisp . Interesting read.

Published Sun, Jan 15 2006 10:32 PM by don-box
Battle of the Avalon Authors

Rory has outdone himself …

Published Mon, Jan 09 2006 4:18 PM by don-box
Post-LINQ innovations (courtesy of Matt Warren)

Matt's got a great blog entry on the language he's developing for post-Orcas/C# 3.0/LINQ . Very compelling will be this language.

Published Sun, Jan 08 2006 9:14 PM by don-box
Succumbing to iPods sans iTunes

After years of self-discipline, I succumbed to the call of the wheel and bought my wife an iPod nano for Christmas. I couldn't bring myself to switch over to iTunes however, so I installed XPlay instead. With one exception, the software worked flawlessly...

Published Sat, Jan 07 2006 8:44 PM by don-box
Neward on LINQ

Ted's MSDN piece on LINQ and Java went live recently. You can vent over on Ted's new blog . Honestly though, you might consider rating the piece over on the MSDN site. At the time of this post, Ted was down in the 1-2 range with 186 reviewers.

Published Sat, Jan 07 2006 8:25 PM by don-box
What do Peter Gabriel, The Roches, King Crimson, David Bowie, and Windows Vista all have in common?

Look here for a clue: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=151853 Given that Eno did the startup sound for Windows 95 , and that Fripp is doing Vista 10 years later, I'm fully expecting a Bowie/Fripp/Eno reunion in Berlin for Windows 2015. FWIW...

Published Thu, Jan 05 2006 9:12 PM by don-box

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January 2006 - Don Box's Spoutlet

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New VB9 available

Indigo on the web

Indigo and WF ar Go!

Lisp is Sin

Battle of the Avalon Authors

Post-LINQ innovations (courtesy of Matt Warren)

Succumbing to iPods sans iTunes

Neward on LINQ

What do Peter Gabriel, The Roches, King Crimson, David Bowie, and Windows Vista all have in common?