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Programming Windows: Meanwhile, in Cupertino (Premium)

Microsoft wasn’t the only company prepping a major new desktop OS for 2001. Steve Jobs…

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Programming Windows: Hailstorm (Premium)

While Windows XP didn’t deliver much in the way of .NET functionality, Microsoft had other…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): It’s (A)live! (Premium)

Well, this is rather scary: my C#/WinForms/.NET Framework 4.x version of .NETpad is now available…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Reviving a Classic (Premium)

For my January programming project, I’m reviving the Windows Forms version of .NETpad so I…

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Programming Windows: Countdown (Premium)

Microsoft originally planned to kick off the Windows XP era with its biggest launch event…

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Programming Windows: Are You Experienced? (Premium)

In February 2001, I headed to Redmond, Washington for the Whistler Desktop Beta 2 Reviewers…

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Programming Windows: Bombshell (Premium)

On January 6, 2001, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates delivered the keynote address at the Consumer…

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Programming Windows: Riders on the Storm (Premium)

Microsoft should have ended the year 2000 on a triumphant note, but an economic downturn…

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Programming Windows: Overpromise, Underdeliver (Premium)

Microsoft had to deliver on its sweeping promises for .NET and a new generation of…

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Programming Windows: Hello, .NET Framework and Windows Forms (Premium)

While most of Microsoft’s public .NET pronouncements involved web services, .NET also brought a major…

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Programming Windows: Windows Forms (Premium)

In 2000, Microsoft was working to modernize Visual Basic for the .NET era and make…

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.NETpad Resurrections (Premium)

With .NET 6 now available, I’ve been looking over the four versions of .NETpad that…

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Programming Windows: Whistler and Blackcomb (Premium)

Microsoft planned to release Whistler and Blackcomb back-to-back to usher in the .NET era and…

Windows Developer Team Tweets a Programming Mistake

The Windows Developer team wanted to celebrate the New Year by tweeting some software code…

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Programming Windows: What is .NET? (Premium)

Developers curious about the future of the Microsoft developer stack filed into PDC 2000 in…

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Programming Windows: Why .NET? (Premium)

.NET wasn’t the result of a years-long strategy. Instead, it was the culmination of three…

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