October 2007 Entries
The registration cap for Day of .NET in Ann Arbor - Fall 2007 has been reached! This means that unless people who had previously registered cancel, we're unable to accept any new registrations for the October 20th event.
If you are reading this, and know that you're not coming, then please take the time to cancel your registration so that others can take your spot. There is a cancellation link in the registration confirmation email, or you can just send an email to the address listed on the registration page.
Organizing a fall event has been a real eye opener, for me at...
Ok, the echo chamber response from yesterday's announcement is calming down, and now people are pointing out certain implications that the Microsoft Reference License brings to the table. Specifically, this clause of the License is generating a lot of noise:
"Reference use" means use of the software within your company as a reference, in read only form, for the sole purposes of debugging your products, maintaining your products, or enhancing the interoperability of your products with the software, and specifically excludes the right to distribute the software outside of your company.
Now, the typical GPL crowd is sure to introduce a lot...
Last night, I received a cryptic email from local DE Jennifer Marsman saying:
"There is huge news coming…check ScottGu’s blog at noon tomorrow!"
So, at noon, I checked. Nada.
At 12:30, I checked again, and found this:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/03/releasing-the-source-code-for-the-net-framework-libraries.aspx
Way to go Microsoft! I mean, we basically have always been able to reflect the code to see how something works internally, but having nicely commented source code that can be stepped into at debug time is JUST FREAKIN' AWESOME!
I don't really want to turn my blog into a job posting board, but my employer is looking for Microsoft .NET and SQL talent to fill roles not only in the Detroit (and Toledo) markets, but also for a medium-to-long term assignment in Savannah, GA. Ideal candidates will have five+ years experience, good oral and written communication skills, self-motivated, actually know how to write code, yada yada yada.
Drop me an email if you're interested.