.NET at 9.400 ft above sea level
Programming in Quito, 2.860 m above sea level
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Wiki wiki patterns
Paraphrasing the Enterprise Solution Patterns Using Microsoft .NET book, most complex systems are built by composing (and composing, and composing) simple, proven solutions. And of course, a programming pattern is a simple, proven mechanism that solves a small problem effectively. Hence the popularity of design and programming patterns. On the other hand, the wiki wiki web is a very effective tool for a community to build reference encyclopedias. Thus, it sounds like a great idea to have a patterns wiki. Come to think of it, there must be a handful already, but what caught my attention is a wiki specialized in patterns revolving around .NET: http://patternshare.org. A place worth watching, not only because its renowned authors but because we can also actively contribute.
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SQL Server 2005 Express restrictions and footprint
In a recent mail thread among RDs, a few thing about SQL Server 2005 Express (aka SSE) became clear:
- Yes SQL Server 2005 Express will be free, as opposed to Visual Web Developer 2005 Express or Visual C# 2005 Express whose price (or lack of it :-) is still being discussed.
- Restrictions:
- Maximum database size: 4 GB
- Maximum memory used: 1 GB
- Maximum CPUs used: 1
- No connections restriction
- That's it, regarding restrictions
- Footprint:
- Disk size: 35 MB aprox.
- Memory used: 8 MB without activity, and it will eat up memory as agressively as its major siblings
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Try the new anti-spyware software from Microsoft
Well the beta version, anyways. Somehow, Jackie Goldstein always beat me to it, but I feel compelled to tell you the history: less than a month after the Giant acquisition, Microsoft is offering the beta of its new anti-spyware software. Download it and enjoy!
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Biztalk Server 2004 Hosted Labs
Paul Ballard, from TheServerSide.NET points us to 14 hosted labs on Biztalk Server 2004. My partner Harley will be most delighted with the news.
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Predictions for 2005, not (and then again, may be yes)
I don't really believe in New Year's lists, unless they are just for fun, and this one is about the best I've read so far, especially the ones regarding SOA and ObjectSpaces :-))
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DotNetCpu
My fellow RD Carl Franklin says he wants one of these, me too!
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DotNetNuke 3 Beta 3 is available for download
DotNetNuke is an open-source community portal written in ASP.NET, DotNetNuke is popular enough to warrant the existance of a number of third party services, we have used it for communities like http://panama.latindevelopers.net. A couple of days ago Beta 3 of version 3 was released, offering a number of enhancements like multiple portals with one codebase/database and separate upload directories. So go download it and give it a try.
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Alternative .NET implementations
I think there's been a lot of buzz (and it's already old news) around the Mono project and how the Ximian guys got rich when bought by Novell. But there are other .NET implementations: DotGNU Portable.NET v. 0.6.10 has been available for several weeks now. The twist of this implementation? It's got a GNU license that will satisfy any OSS defender.
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Contract-first web services
I just received an e-mail from my fellow RD Christian Weyer, an excerpt:
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¿Microsoft Windows on Sun workstations?
"Essentially, we want to ensure that our hardware platforms are supporting the major operating systems [Solaris and Windows]"