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Friday, July 14, 2006 11:50 AM

How I think about the Windows Vista platform

There are a ton of new features in the Windows Vista platform (thousands of new APIs), some of which are accessible on Windows XP and Server 2003 via redistributable runtimes. Because of those runtimes, we often hear confusion from partners about how
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Friday, February 17, 2006 12:44 PM

Windows Vista software logo guidelines draft available

I just discovered that an early draft (version .5) of the logo guidelines for Windows Vista software is available here . It's only a draft, but it gives you a good idea of the basics you have to implement in order to qualify for the Windows Vista logo.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:44 PM

Developer's guide to new Vista APIs

Last month, the MSDN team published a doc that's long been in the works -- a developer's introduction to some of the new APIs in Windows Vista . The real meat is in the .chm file (self-extracting exe), with some sample code and detailed API info. This
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Monday, September 12, 2005 11:59 AM

How to build a great Windows Vista app

One of the goodies that PDC attendees will find in their swag bag is a poster called "Lighting up on Windows Vista". It lists the top 10 things developers can do to build apps that will run like a dream on our new OS release. We've now posted a short
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:04 AM

Windows Vista dev overviews now up!

check it out, http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:14 PM

PDC registration now open

I have a long list of backlogged things to post about...but for now, I just want to quickly note that registration is open ! We also posted 50+ session titles -- these aren't the final titles, but they give a pretty good flavor for the kinds of things
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Monday, April 18, 2005 5:26 PM

Now hiring: Longhorn Technical Evangelists

My team is looking to hire two new technical evangelists to focus on Longhorn . The positions are all about helping developers take advantage of new platform features unique to Longhorn. As an evangelist, your job is to understand what the product team
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:41 PM

Non administrator: running with least privilege

A reader emailed me a question about running under a non-administrator account in Windows today, which prompted me to do a little MSNSearch-ing. That lead me very quickly to Aaron Margosis's excellent blog . If you are interested in how you can get by
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Sunday, March 20, 2005 6:45 PM

Stunning PDC details revealed!

Okay, maybe not so stunning, but in response to several requests that have come in from commenters and private email, I’m happy to be able to share a few key details that might help those of you trying to figure out your conference plans and budget for
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:21 PM

PDC planning and your input

Back in January, my manager ( Steve Cellini ) mentioned that he’d kindly volunteered me to be Content Owner for PDC . I haven’t blogged about that yet, as I’ve been spending the past 6 weeks trying to get my head wrapped around what exactly it is that
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Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:51 AM

Recent statements on WinFS, "Project Green"

Here are a couple pointers to the latest info we've made public on some ongoing development projects. I don't have any more insight to add, just wanted to make sure the links were out there in the world. WinFS: Comments from Product Manager Tom Rizzo
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:30 PM

BusinessWeek on the LH changes

I hadn't seen this one referenced anywhere else...so here it is , with no additional comments from me ;) And then it seems like Jay Greene expanded on this original reporting for an article in the magazine, now available via Yahoo! . I wish he'd talked
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Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:55 PM

What happened to WinFS?

Friday’s announcement has left a lot of people asking what happened to WinFS? The short answer is: nothing. But a lot happened to Windows. As I explained in my previous post, the customer and developer feedback we’ve been getting was consistent on two
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Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:49 PM

What happened to Longhorn?

Well, that was an exciting announcement. There’s a good CNET interview with BillG that provides insight into the decision. Here’s my perspective on what happened We’ve gotten a lot of feedback from customers about WinFX. Among the things we heard: Indigo
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:49 AM

Jon Udell's blogs turn into a cover story

Jon Udell has turned his series of blog entries on Longhorn into an InfoWorld cover story . His editor makes the point that the blogging drove some great discussion and contributions to the final article. It’s cool to see that discussions I took
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