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Very nice name! As a developer, I know I will be on the edge of my seat, hoping my code works like it does everywhere else....
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Using Times New Roman is the typeface equivalent of wearing sweatpants to an interview. I'm guessing not Comic Sans?
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Had seen a resume in ALL CAPS.
Not only was it shouting at me, but also took quite an effort to read.
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Ugh. Was it an old mainframe user? I find they can't seem to use that caps lock key anymore.
TTFN - Kent
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How about letters cut out from a magazine like a ransom note?
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Probably get you an interview. Maybe not with the company though. 
TTFN - Kent
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iOS and Android developers will be able to port their apps and games directly to Windows universal apps, and Microsoft is enabling this with two new software development kits. If you can't beat 'em, convert 'em
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The database market has largely been impervious to open source pricing pressure. That may be about to change. "Why buy a cow when you can get milk for free?"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Why buy a cow when you can get milk for free?"
For the pleasure of milking. D'uh! 
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Microsoft today announced a free editor for developers called Visual Studio Code, which is now available for download. Totally different from the free Express, or the free Community editions
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It's a rip-off of Visual Studio Online  now if it would only support VS solutions, it could be a really lightweight code editor on the go.
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When .NET was first released, Visual Basic and C# were on equal footing in the community. But over the years, Microsoft has been slowly moving towards deprecating VB. The first time that the future of VB was in question was around 2008 and resulted in co-evolution promise. "Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Ha! Back when I took some .net classes circa 2003, one of the instructors said that C# would go away and VB was the way of the future! ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
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Curlies? Ha, who needs them! I've got COBOL like syntax baby.
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You... For a moment I thought/hoped in VB7.
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
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That was the language/platform which gave me a nice intro to GUI programming.
So easy, so fast, ... and so ugly
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Visual Basic is very much like COBOL. Whether you like it or not, it exists in the business world and will continue to exist for quite some time to come. Business is concerned about making money, not replacing something that already exists.
I have occasion to work on reports remotely: SQLServer 2000, Business Objects 6.5 (installed in September 2005). Why hasn't it been upgraded? Because it works... and there is an established report and user base that uses it.
When will it be replaced? When it breaks to the point it can't be recovered, but, until then... it serves the business.
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Fixing Windows 8's most glaring flaws is nice, but the new Windows doesn't address the fundamental PC dilemma. I didn't know it was in need of saving
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Yeah it's gonna die with us.
It was a good run - nearly all my adult life.
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While I agree with some points of the article, I think this guy draws too bad of a picture of Windows, and a too good one of Apple. A key aspect he doesn't seem to understand is that the PC market is simply saturated, it likely won't see growth rates like back in the 90s ever again but at the same time, it won't become irrelevant any time soon - and that's not primarily the fault of Windows. The mobile market, on the other hand, is not yet saturated because it is artificially kept in steady growth because of rapid hard- and software changes and aggressive marketing (you always need the latest and shiniest) combined with a lack of compatibility to older versions (planned obsolescence). Plus, a PC is overkill for a lot of people (consumers) who just want to check their mail, browse the web and use communication platforms like Skype, no wonder they go for a tablet device instead.
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Quote: Getting rid of IE is a good move, but I don't see why it should be for a Windows-only browser like Spartan. In this day and age, it makes more sense to replace IE with Chrome, Firefox, or even Safari.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Quote: the new Project Spartan browser that finally conforms to standard HTML, as Chrome, Firefox, and Safari have long done.
Where does this guy get his information? From the Apple store rep?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Microsoft has revealed that macro-malware attacks are on the rise, with at least 500,000 machines around the globe currently affected. If only those responsible could do something!
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With the rise of devops for automating application development and deployment to the cloud, both users and developers could benefit. "Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me."
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