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Programming Windows: Software + Services (Premium)

Most didn’t appreciate it at the time, but the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was…

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Programming Windows: The Mojave Experiment (Premium)

In 2006, Apple started a TV advertising campaign called “Get a Mac” that pitted hapless…

Google Releases Android 13 Developer Preview 2

Five weeks after the release of Android 13 Developer Preview 1, Google has issued a…

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Programming Windows: Transitions (Premium)

Microsoft’s revenues had long been dominated by Windows and products that required Windows, like Office.…

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Programming Windows: Ribbonized (Premium)

While Microsoft struggled to make sense of Windows Longhorn in 2005/6, the Office team was…

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Miguel (Premium)

As you may have seen, Miguel de Icaza is leaving Microsoft. But what you might…

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The WPF Notepad Project (2022): Reviving My Favorite .NETpad (Premium)

For my March programming project, I’m reviving the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) version of .NETpad,…

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Programming Windows: The Wow Stops Now (Premium)

There is an incredible moment in the September 2005 Microsoft reorg that bears scrutiny given…

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Programming Windows: Jim Allchin Interview (Premium)

On a cold morning in January 2006, I met with Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin, who…

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Programming Windows: End Game (Premium)

On September 20, 2005, Microsoft announced a corporate reorganization that would see Windows lead Jim…

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Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium)

I was on vacation with my family in Stowe, Vermont in July 2005 when I…

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Programming Windows: Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers (Premium)

In the years since Steve Jobs had returned to Apple, he had rarely missed an…

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Programming Windows: XP Reloaded (Premium)

Despite the perpetual Longhorn delays, Microsoft decided in early 2004 to forego a new version…

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Programming Windows: Reset (Premium)

On August 27, 2004, Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin told employees that the company…

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Programming Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Interview (Premium)

Readers will remember Todd Wanke as the guy who ran Microsoft's War Room for Windows…

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Programming Windows: Bob Muglia Interview (Premium)

In May 2004, I interviewed Bob Muglia, Microsoft senior vice president of the Windows Server…

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