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  XAML + XLinq + VB.Net's XML Literals Equals Classic ASP For WinForms?

  Disclaimer: I do not work for Microsoft, but I am a Microsoft MVP. The following is all derived from public information, and any inferences or extrapolations are entirely the work of my imagination, and is not something that I know that Microsoft is working Read More... Posted Monday, October 10, 2005 4:24 PM by donxml | 4 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), XML, PDC
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  Windows Presentation Foundation As Explained By Pablo Fernicola - WPF Group Program Manager

  Well, well, well, Pablo Fernicola finally has a blog . Pablo is a Group Program Manager for the Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly called Avalon). He will be presentation the following session at the PDC: PRS309 - Windows Presentation Foundation Read More... Posted Friday, August 26, 2005 9:31 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), PDC
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  Microsoft Codename Acrylic Does Not Do It For Me

  First off, I really, really wanted to love Microsoft’s latest graphics tool, codename Acrylic . I down loaded and install the first public beta, and wasn’t impressed, but hey, it’s an early view into what they are doing, so I decided Read More... Posted Monday, August 22, 2005 8:39 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), SVG, PDC, Adobe Illustrator
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  Preferred Hotel for the PDC - Wilshire Grand

  TechEd 2005 is over, and now is the time to start thinking about PDC05 , which will be held in Los Angeles , September 13 th -16 th . The PDC has been in the same location the last 2 times (2001 and 2003), and my favorite hotel is the Wilshire Grand. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:32 PM by donxml | 4 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), XML, PDC
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  Build Your Own Portable 7200 RPM USB 2.0 Drive

  I’ve been bugging Miguel to post the details on his self built USB 2.0 powered 7200 rpm drive . This is a must for anyone using VPC (and if you are not using VPC, you should be). You can’t beat the price, $200 for the drive, and $20 for the Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:33 AM by donxml | 3 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), SQL Server
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  Nautilus Project Team? Spelunking Corporate Secrets Thru Public Job Postings

  Chris Sells mentions that MS has 25 SDE positions with the keyword “Avalon” advertised on their public job listings. Now, since I’m always interested in things Avalon related, I decide to search the complete job posts, and not just for Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:49 PM by donxml | 5 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn)
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  VB6’ers Need a Hug (Well That And Maybe To Learn COBOL)

  Well you got to feel sorry for those that can’t accept that a love one is dying . No matter how much voodoo they try, they are not going to revive the body. COM was fundamentally flawed and Don Box published an article on that topic in MSDN Mag Read More... Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:55 AM by donxml | 4 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn)
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  Now Announcing Microsoft Professional Developer Conference 2005

  It looks like I know where I’ll be Sept. 10 thru 17, 2005, in Los Angeles, CA at the next Microsoft PDC ( hat tip to Jeff Julian ). PDCs are not like regular technical conferences, they only come along when Microsoft has a new technology to debut. Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:42 PM by donxml | 3 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), XML, PDC, SQL Server
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  A More Definitive XAML Definition

  Disclaimer: My name is Don Demsak, and I’m not a Microsoft employee. I am an independent consultant and a Microsoft MVP in the area of XML. Any information on a Microsoft technology contained in this post is publicly available and not covered under Read More... Posted Sunday, November 28, 2004 3:54 PM by donxml | 2 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), XML
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  Avalon Not Ensured To Be Included In Longhorn?

  eWeek Senior Writer, Darryl Taft contacted me last week and asked about how I’d feel if Microsoft dropped Avalon from the Longhorn release, and then put some of my comments in this article . He mentioned that he had a quote from a Microsoft exec Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:43 PM by donxml | 10 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn)
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  My Quotes in an eWeek Article

  eWeek has an article on Xamlon , and it contains a couple quotes from your truly. I would have preferred to be called an XML evangelist, rather than an XML expert, but it isn’t that big of a deal. Also, ‘domain logical” should be “domain Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:46 AM by donxml | 1 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), XML
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  80% of Windows Developers Will Not Understand XAML

  With the announcement the end of last week that Microsoft is decoupling Avalon from Longhorn and will make it backward compatible with WinXP and Win2k3 Server, I’m sure there are some out there that wonder what my take on it. First off, let’s Read More... Posted Monday, August 30, 2004 10:37 AM by donxml | 6 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), SVG
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  Pablo Fernicola on .Net Show

  Group Program Manager, Pablo Fernicola and Lead Program Manager David Ornstein, both from the Avalon team, are on the latest . Net Show so stop by and check it out. While I was at the MVP Summit I was able to finally meet Pablo, and one of my comments Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:34 AM by donxml | 2 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn)
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  OneNote SP1 Preview and Black Hole Software

  Before I even get into this post, let’s get one thing straight, I really love OneNote . It is definitely one of the most under rated pieces of software on the market today. Lots of folks have been talking about all the great new features in the Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 21, 2004 7:40 AM by donxml | 11 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), XML
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  Virtual PC + Seagate 160GB Firewire/USB Drive = Heaven

  On Friday, Scott Hanselman posted a list of tips on optimizing Virtual PC performance that originally came from J. Sawyer at Microsoft, and the main take away I got from it was that I should be running my VPC Hard Disks on a separate physical drive from Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 7:11 AM by donxml | 2 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, Windows Vista (aka Longhorn)