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January 2003 - Posts

I'd like to write a regular .NET column
I'd like to write a regular .NET column - a real one, in real media [1], not just in my blog. Either online or in print. If you are an editor reading my blog and interested in me writing a monthly column for your magazin or portal, please drop Read More
posted Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:25 PM (Comments Off)

Java vs. .NET -- or Why I never participate in these discussions?
I'm mildly annoyed. I'm mildly annoyed by constant comparison of .NET vs. Java by folks who don't know the truths about the respective other environment. I read a nice statement the other day which was similar to "Maybe .NET developers should Read More
posted Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:07 AM (Comments Off)

Third day smoke-free
Today is my third day! I feel pretty good and Katja - who never smoked - simply loves it. Just had to spread the word. Thanks for listening. Read More
posted Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:40 PM (Comments Off)

Remoting in Mono
Matt's update re Remoting/Mono: Currently, the oversimplified not really practical basic remoting is supported.  I recall Miguel saying that a SOAP serializer is either done or mostly done (maybe only in CVS) and that someone has just Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 11:50 PM (Comments Off)

MarshalByRefObject
Jason wonders about some Great mysteries of the CLI Also - why is [Serializable] an attribute while MarshalByRefObject is a base class? The arguments I've heard are pretty weak. As Mike Woodring points out, deriving from Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 11:45 PM with 1 Comments

On Linux, Open Source and the World
Will I ever "switch" to Linux/Mono? No ... seriously, I really like Exchange server - but you already knew this. Actually, Exchange is just a sample: From my general experience, it's simply easier to interop with different applications and servers Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 8:36 PM (Comments Off)

Mono is getting serious
Matt has been hanging around at LinuxWorld and reports on the state of Mono: C# is done, VB is 70% done, and JavaScript is 50% done.  This is good.  Miguel demonstrated an almost unmodified version of iBuySpy that was only Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 8:25 PM (Comments Off)

Clemens rocks
From the "While you've been in bed"-department: Clemens is working on "a pretty radical extension for Enterprise Services and COM+ - it's actually more a "new feature set" than a tool or wrapper.". I really hope that he succeeds Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 6:19 PM (Comments Off)

What a week ...
What a week: been in bed, sick, Sunday to Thursday. Argh, I even had to cancel a conference gig. This pretty much sucks - I'm really sorry about it. Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 6:12 PM (Comments Off)

Gentile 4.0
Congrats Sam and Sue! By the way: will I get the chance to meet the four Gentiles during WIN-DEV later this year? Read More
posted Friday, January 24, 2003 6:09 PM (Comments Off)

OutBlog in Switzerland
I just found two .NET bloggers in Switzerland who also happen to use OutBlog: http://www.shamiro.ch/ http://www.corti.com/weblogsascha/ Hey ... I usually spend a week each month in Zurich. How about dinner? Next time will be from 2/10 to Read More
posted Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:51 AM (Comments Off)

Training and Consulting
Since Jan 1, 2003 I'm in progress of selling my previous company to my partner and I'm again working as an independent consultant and trainer. You can hire me throughout the European Union and Switzerland for .NET Consulting and Prototype development. Read More
posted Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:47 PM (Comments Off)

The specified module could not be found.
"The specified module could not be found." - This text shouldn't be too unfamilar for the ones of you visiting my weblog in the past few hours. If anyone is interested in the "why's and how's" of this bug: It is caused by the COM/Interop Read More
posted Sunday, January 12, 2003 9:05 AM (Comments Off)

Version 0.1 of OutBlog (the application formerly known as ExchangeBlog) released
Let's spread the word: Version 0.1 of my highly anticipated (well, at least by the two people who read this weblog) Outlook and Exchange 2000 powered weblog toolkit OutBlog has been released. More information (and a sample blog & download Read More
posted Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:36 PM (Comments Off)

Modular Applications
Clemens: A modular application without well-defined extensibility points is not modular. I'd even go one step further: A modular application which defines extensibility points without using them in the actual application is not Read More
posted Tuesday, January 07, 2003 1:06 PM (Comments Off)

Conferences 2002
None of this is real. All made up. Innocent until proven guilty. Or such. As Ted started with some conference gossipping, he reminded me that I really wanted to spread some "Best Of Conferences, 2002" gossip and photos as well. Ok ... let's get ahead. Read More
posted Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:33 PM (Comments Off)

ClearType and Noticeable Delays in General
Peter and John bemoaned the loss of ClearType when switching to the Mac. Well, I guess I'm simply too 20th century in this regard. I just can't stand ClearType. I played with it, turned it on for a couple of days, turned it off for another couple, Read More
posted Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:16 AM (Comments Off)

Peter's back!
Peter's back. Great! Read More
posted Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:11 AM (Comments Off)

Use the Tools. Don't reimplement
Gordon: In the space of a week, Ingo and Greg have transformed MS Exchange and Outlook into a competitor for Radio. Who would've guessed?  I think that the most important lesson learnt was "Use the tools. Don't reimplement". Total Read More
posted Monday, January 06, 2003 11:47 PM (Comments Off)

Exchange Blog - Some Architectural Infos
I got quite a number of questions regarding details and plans about my ExchangeBlog. First and foremost: I'm a consultant. I actually don't have the time to create a product for sale. What I'll do instead is talk a little bit about the technology Read More
posted Monday, January 06, 2003 10:52 PM with 1 Comments

This blog is powered by Exchange Server
Ok, I finally got the time to clean up the rest of my "in-development" version of dotnetremoting.cc, therefore: This Blog Is Now Powered By Exchange Server. Which adds some pretty nice features. I can, for example, simply take a screenshot Read More
posted Sunday, January 05, 2003 1:53 PM (Comments Off)


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