Programming Windows

With the Windows XP launch behind it, Microsoft turned its attention to the future. But…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After a two-year wait, I’m happy to announce that I’m returning to my Programming Windows…

While the rest of Microsoft embraces open source and open standards, Windows app development remains…

The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) isn’t particularly well-suited to traditional productivity applications.