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• Microsoft, I'm Pleading With You

  I've mentioned this before, but I'm going to mention it again: Microsoft is absolutely killing me with their version mismatching versioning scheme as of late. A list of complaints: The .Net Framework v3.0 is anything but a major release...hell, it's barely even a point release. It should be called .Net 2.0 extensions or something similar. A 3.0 release should contain new versions of all the core assemblies, like WinForms, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, etc...all 3.0 includes is WCF, WPF, and WWF (sans WinFS.... Posted Nov 07 2006, 02:07 AM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: Technology and Internet, Opinions, .Net, Irks, Vista and WinFX

• Windows Vista RC2 -- Finally Took The Plunge

  I've been avoiding all of the Vista CTP/Beta/RC releases like the plague (I've installed 2 CTPs over the past year, and they were very early on): A) I just don't have time to keep up with them all and B) I just really don't have time to keep up with them all. However with the announcement from Microsoft that RC2 will be the last publicly available release before Vista goes gold I decided to break out a spare drive and give it a shot. Two words (from an aesthetic standpoint at least): Simply amazing... Posted Oct 09 2006, 12:51 AM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: Technology and Internet, Opinions, Vista and WinFX