Thursday, January 02, 2003

Very Cool Visual Studio Demo If you haven't heard, you can try out Visual Studio live through Microsoft.com for 3 hours. "Sign up for the Visual Studio .NET Hosted Experience and get three hours of unlimited access to Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect edition, as well as a library of other valuable tools, resources, and code samples." [Try It] Pretty cool little concept if you don't already have VS.NET and want to give it a whirl. Three hours should be long enough to build your next web app. I mean, come on, we are talking about RAD tools here! This isn't AOL, you don't need 1000 free hours to get something done. 11:44:44 PM    comment []

.NET Skills Needed "Significantly, .Net skills are appearing on the must-have list alongside Java and XML. Hull University is developing--with Microsoft--the first .Net Post Graduate Degree course for Computer Science in the UK, beginning in September 2003. As part of the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, universities create a "lending library" where students can legally access copies of the products for home use." "Dr David Grey, a lecturer at Hull University said he believes that providing students with the inner workings of the .Net Framework will give them a significant edge in the skills and expertise needed to excel in the Web services area." [Full Story] 2:19:48 PM    comment []

Lindows vs. Microsoft "The anonymous donor who offered $200,000 to fund two prizes for the development of xBox Linux has taken off his mask. And yes, it is as most people who care about such things suspected all along, Michael Robertson, CEO of Lindows.com." [Full Story at the Register] 11:20:22 AM    comment []

VaporWare 2002 "Wired News put out a call to readers for the technological wonders they most looked forward to in 2002 but never saw because developers delayed release or, in some cases, abandoned them altogether. Then we tabulated nominations and selected the top 10 -- or should we say bottom 10? -- most-waited-for-in-vain products." [Full Story from Wired] 11:16:59 AM    comment []