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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
But, in practice, there is…

It means that Jim Allchin is very close to retiring…
That is a sad thing in my eyes, Jim is an amazing person and I believe Windows will change considerably without him and not necessarily for the better. Jim is an executive management level person who outgeeks most tech level people and gives geeks a [...]

Josh Ledgard blogged about some internal softie experiences in getting a QFE… It cracked me up…
http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2006/08/28/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-hot-fix-from-microsoft-it-s-not-easy-online.aspx

Some interesting points…
1. With his choice of search key words Google took him directly to his KB article, Microsoft’s own live search didn’t…
2. This quote which I wholeheartedly and completely agree with
When are we going to realize that [...]

Not sure how this slipped by me, it isn’t like I am following the NET stuff all that closely but I expect I will hear about the bigger things usually… Anyway, the 3.0 version of the NET Framework is now available. I have no clue what they did for it but I hope they fixed [...]