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Programming Windows: 7 (Premium)

At the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2005, Bill Gates had noted that Microsoft didn’t hold…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Ribbon and Jump Lists (Premium)

Of the few developer innovations delivered with Windows 7, the new Scenic Ribbon and Jump…

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Programming Windows: iPhone (Premium)

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in the late 1990s, he initially focused on saving…

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Programming Windows: The Windows 7 Developer Story (Premium)

After the first public demonstration of Windows 7 at PDC 2008, Steven Sinofsky ceded the…

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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…

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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: Longhorn Server (Premium)

Though it was impacted by the same delays as Longhorn/Windows Vista, Longhorn Server targeted a…

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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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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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