SBC DotNet Weblog

“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ordered the re-examination of a browser plug-in technology patent that has also been the subject of a legal battle between the patent's owners and Microsoft Corp.” [InfoWorld 11.12.03].

I have a new addition to my computer lab - 'Friedman'. I name my machines after economists. Milton Friedman is a renowned economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1976. 'Friedman' is a DELL PowerEdge 400SC specifically for VS.NET 2K3 & Groove development projects for clients.

I got this via Hugh Pyle's posting - Hewlett-Packard Saves U.S.$1.27 Million by using MS InfoPath, SharePoint & Groove. 

Virtual PC 2004 Goes To Manufacturing Next Week [CRN 11.05.03] - “The desktop software, expected to be available within the next 90 days, will allow customers to run multiple versions of Windows on the same desktop, as well as Linux on virtual machines.”

Software Development magazine has announced the open nominations for this year's JOLT Awards. Some of my thoughts would be with (if they are in the nominating chain) -

The recently released Logging Application Block in the 'Patterns & Practices' MSDN series hits a home-run. It's better to insert instrumentation in the application during its development than trying to retrofit it post-deployment. Also, plan out thoroughly the application exceptions and metrics. I recall encountering a monitoring application that would gather more monitoring data than all the deployed applications' data combined - an example of 'The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle'.

I read this over 'The Scobleizer Longhorn blog posting - Code name 'RTC'. It's a new way to communicate (including IM). Any more information on this one? Also, what will be situation with DirectX within Longhorn? TIA.