Thursday, September 26, 2002

Along with the EifelStudio 5.2 announcement with .NET I blogged a few days ago, there is Eiffel ENViSioN! is the Eiffel language plug-in for Visual Studio .NET that enables you to use the powerful features of the Eiffel language, including Design by ContractTM, multiple inheritance, and generics, in .NET. I'm interested in looking at how they used VSIP or not, uses of Automation, etc. At first, I thought there was no trial version as the page has a Buy Now button and I prefer to try it first but there is one here if you fill out a form. 2:48:06 PM

In talking about COM Interop to various user groups and companies, the question frequently comes up: "What about MTS and COM+?" (in .NET) Well, the answer for MTS, of course, is that it has been obseleted by COM+ and is now incoporated within it. The answer for COM+ is well, you still use it to do what you did before with COM+ with ServicedComponents in the System.Enterprise namespace. Here is an article on one take on it and possible speculation on the future. But remember, as Clemens has detailed, COM Interop does NOT happen for ServicedComponents. 12:30:48 PM

Announcing the GotDotNet Workspaces Beta Test: GotDotNet Workspaces is a dynamic online environment where teams can collaborate on software development projects without geographical or network boundaries. Create a Workspace today, or join an existing Workspace 12:24:36 PM

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