I first got notice of LSW DotNet Reflection-Browser Release 1.0 from the Dotnet-Products mailing list. I asked how if it was was different than Lutz's free and most essential kick-ass tool Reflector (whoo, just noticed new version there 2.7.1.0):

Highlights Smalltalk-like code browsing.
References / Callers / Callees / Implementers
Built in Decompiler + Disassebler C# / Smalltalk / PCode
Documentation View and Substring - Search
Multiple Browser-Wndows / Navigation Hierarchy
The differences I got from the company:

7:54:21 AM    

Slashdot has links to the not-yet-released Microsoft decision. Here's the directory on the US Courts website.  [Scripting News]

Yes! Sanity reigns in the world re the Microsoft decision. "In brief: Kollar-Kotelly accepts the settlement that the Federal Gov't and some states wanted, but she wants a minor change to it; and she has decided the case which was pursued by the other states as well, mostly ordering Microsoft to refrain from certain behaviors with regard to the user-visible desktop. Overall: a massive win for Microsoft, who can restrict the release of its APIs to major commercial companies only. " The official opinion is here

5:33:05 PM    

Q317129 - PRB: The Common Language Runtime Does Not Support Type 'internal virtual' Methods

"Status: This behavior is by design."

Apparently not. Eric Gunnerson [DOTNET-CX]:

2:21:42 PM    

Are there any Groove tools that would let me keep track of what I did hour by hour in a day? Example: for contracting

12:26:42 PM    

Microsoft's Weblog Software. Magazine:Microsoft has created a weblog tool that is designed to run inside the firewall at a company. It's browser-accessible from... [Hugh's ramblings] "Heh! (I'm not sure this isn't just a lucky coincidence - I'm working on the product and haven't had that discussion with other people here; it only very recently occurred to me how good a weblogging tool we're building)"

Heh, that didn't escape all of us-) Also concides with our directions in Groove Experiments...There is a synergy there for sure.

10:46:01 AM    

Personally, I'm very excited about the prospects of using code generation in the software that I create. It is a new and extremely powerful tool in my toolbox. Hopefully this article will inspire you to think about adding code generation to your toolbox. But don't just believe me, read this article next.

8:31:15 AM    

Keith Brown poses (yet another) interesting question on DOTNET-CLR this week:

What do you guys plan to do if your private key is compromised?

[John Bristowe's Radio Weblog]

I have been too busy to follow all of the details of this as I saw it but this is a very interesting issue that I will track this weekend.

8:22:56 AM    

There has been an earthquake in Southern Italy. Right now we're pretty scared as it was centered in the Campobasso area where most of my wife's family is from and where some of her cousins live. My family is in the Abruzzo region, which is actually quite close and where there were some evacuations as well, so scared there too. Calls being made...

Update: Whew, everyone in Campobasso, Fossalto, Terelle del Sannio, and Boiano is OK...although the earthquake was very strong and they are fearful of after shocks.....

1:06:02 PM    

I would like to urge everyone working on web-services related activities, from REST to GRID, from security to choreography, to consider writing up your experiences and/or views and submit those to the WebServices track of WWW2003. This track will have a combination of peer-reviewed papers and invited talks, and I am sure real-experinces papers will be an important part of this. The deadline for paper submission is November 15, so you have two weeks to write down you thoughts. The track is chaired by Steve Vinoski (Iona) and Paco Curbera (IBM Watson). I am on this program committee and on the pc for the performance and reliability track.

I will propably do a paper exploring whether ws-coordination is indeed a good basis for constructing complex distributed interactions. Details once it is finished.[All Things Distributed]

12:41:47 PM    

Larry further gets to the heart of the matter on what Unit Tests ultimately mean: "Yes!! That's the key. [Sam Gentile's Weblog] The thing is, "unit testing" is almost a misnomer for what's going on; an xUnit test is as much about expressing requirements as it is about reflecting the inherent capabilities of the software module...When you have tons of such things and "you trust them to be solid" what you're saying is not so much "This dramatic refactoring does not change the inherent capabilities of the 500 software modules comprising it" as "This dramatic refactoring does not change the value delivered to the client." And that is a very good feeling to have."

Yes, and this is what enables you to "faster" and apply "Continuous Refactoring" and have confidence at the same time in XP. Richard also talks about the importance of using unit tests.

10:09:45 AM    

Wow! Peter has joined the CLR team at Microsoft. I knew there were some big changes coming in this life but not this. This is awesome. It combines his passions in research with his in the CLR.

Starting November 4, I'm going to be joining Microsoft as a Program Manager in the CLR team, doing my bit to "ensure that the CLR remains the most innovative multi-language runtime in the industry". Specifically, I'll be working with both the internal compiler teams and the external academic research community to help identify, evaluate, prototype & productize future enhancements to the CLR. Formerly described by me as my Dream Job, it is a perfect fit for my interests: it involves a high-ish % of externally-facing work interacting with the research community and speaking/writing about the CLR & Rotor, lets me spend time working at the systems level with the CLR & Rotor, and requires me to stretch my commercial software development muscles again after almost 2 years of shipping mostly prose and slides. Most importantly, the job gives me an opportunity to actually *impact* the platform I've spent the last couple years of my life working on.

8:51:25 AM    

Pet Shop 2.0: Java vs. .NET. "My reading of this report is that .NET kicked Java's hinder in every single measure, from through-put and responsiveness to lines of code and lines of configuration required to build and run the app." [sellsbrothers.com: Windows Developer News]

That seems to be most other .NET bloggers reading of it (as well as others), so you have to start to wonder why some companies and IT shops continue to choose badly in the face of a lot of overwhelming and accumulating evidence. Not only do you get constrained to one language (well C with JNI for legacy) but you get to write more of it, have less features, less flexibility, and oh yah, by the way, its going to run a whole lot slower. It starts to become "Doctor, why does it hurt so much when I bang my head aggainst the wall" and "Well, stop doing that." 

7:40:57 PM    

Boy, AT&T Broadband has not been doing too well lately, at least not in this area. After the problems Friday, we lost all Cable service (TV & Internet) in the entire city Saturday for 18 hours into today. At least it kept me off the net-)

11:17:20 AM