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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)

With Jim Allchin teetering towards retirement, Microsoft finally shipped Windows Vista after several more delays…

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Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium)

In mid-2005, Microsoft rebranded Longhorn as Windows Vista and set out to deliver monthly builds…

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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)

In August 2004, Microsoft quietly reset Longhorn development and started over with a new codebase.…

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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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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Fix the Themes Bug (Premium)

Here’s another quick fix for one of the bugs in .NETpad: It doesn’t correctly identify…

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Programming Windows: Springboard (Premium)

With Longhorn delayed yet again, Microsoft started working to bring some of its core security…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Fix the Maximize Bug (Premium)

Here’s a quick fix for one of the bugs in .NETpad: It doesn’t correctly remember…

Microsoft Releases .NET 7 Preview 1

Microsoft today announced the first preview release of .NET 7, along with previews of ASP.NET…

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Programming Windows: Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd Hoek Interview (Premium)

In January 2004, Joseph Jones and I interviewed Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd Hoek, two of…

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Programming Windows: It’s Not Going to Work (Premium)

In 2004, Microsoft finally realized the inevitable: Longhorn wasn’t just running late, it was impossible.…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Fork Me (Premium)

When I made the C#/Windows Forms version of .NETpad available on GitHub in late January,…

Microsoft to Drop Support for Older Visual Studio Versions

Microsoft wants users of Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2017, and Visual Studio 2019 to…

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