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Wed, Dec 7 2005 0:37

VB 6.0 died, rightly so.

Visual Basic 6.0 support died 31 March 2005. Rightly so. Everyone is up in arms. http://classicvb.org/ <RANT ON> There is far too much badly architected, badly developed and security-less VB v1.0-6.0 code out there. And it is a risk to every business...
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Thu, Sep 22 2005 17:36

Back from Basta!/SQLCon05

It was great. The sleepy town of Mainz in Germany, then 600 .NET and SQL Server geeks arrive. My 2 sessions went well, and had great fun presenting them. I did not get much time to see the others, pity. I did see Ingo Rammer's “Migrating .NET to...
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Sun, Aug 28 2005 0:16

Swiss Vodka - xellent

A Russian Colleague living here in Switzerland told me about Swiss produced Xellent Vodka 6 weeks ago. She swore by it. So, the next day I went and bought a bottle, went to friends for dinner, put it in their freezer and 4 hours later, I took the bottle...
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Tue, Apr 12 2005 22:28

http://classicvb.org/

http://classicvb.org/ Visual Basic 6.0 support died 31 March 2005. Rightly so . <RANT ON> There is far too much badly architected, badly developed and security-less VB v1.0-6.0 code out there. And it is a risk to every business that is using it...
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Thu, Mar 31 2005 10:50

Windows Server 2003 SP1 RTM

At last, Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 is out. Good news. More security. Download page. At 337'230 KB, it is a big one. Windows Update has it too. Newsgroups will wake up soon to it.
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Tue, Jan 11 2005 12:22

Google Watch

(Probably I will now drop off the Google ranking for even posting this) There is a little web site out there, telling you all about BigBrother/Google. Very interesting reading. Gets me wondering, why do non-US search engines seem to shrivel-up and die...
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Tue, Nov 16 2004 16:26

MS IT Forum 2

Copenhagen is blowing and cold....but still fun. Networking with MVPs and MS staff is the order of the day....and partying with them at night. Wireless bandwidth until you have downloaded the whole internet and answered all newsgroup questions. MOM, SMS...
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Sun, Nov 14 2004 20:20

MS IT Forum

Off to MS IT Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Listen to Bill Gates on Tuesday morning, meet fellow MVP's, get MVP Speaker's Training, see what else everyone is spinning about SQL Server 2005....... Death by PowerPoint is not expected as there is enough material...
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Sun, Oct 24 2004 22:31

Into the forest....

At last! In am back into doing my Orienteering . Today I got of my lazy butt and ran an event in North-Eastern Switzerland. Yes, I did run a short course , and came last....but what do you expect if you weigh 124kg? (I am 1.97m / 6' 7" tall so I am virtually...
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Thu, Sep 30 2004 11:45

I have been quiet....

Yes, I have been very quiet lately, but with me moving to Zurich and starting the new job, I've been totally snowed under. I am getting time again to answer the questions in the Microsoft Communities . I think I sufferred from withdrawl symptoms. Today...
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Sat, Aug 7 2004 2:39

Windows XP SP2 RTM'ed

At last, Windows XP SP2 is out. It is available on MSDN for subscribers as an ISO image, and will start to show up on Windows Update and other Microsoft Download sites in the next few days. Patch time! BUT, security is really improved, so, if you did...
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Tue, Aug 3 2004 1:23

Sun thinking of buying Novell

Stay with me..... Novell owns Mono (Implementation of the Microsoft .NET CLR for Linux and UNIX and other *nix derivatives). Sun is thinking of buying Novell . Microsoft and Sun love each other again. IBM and Sun don't love each other. IBM is weening...
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Sun, Aug 1 2004 21:09

Zurich, here I come.

I will be moving to Zurich, Switzerland shortly to take up a permanent IT position at one of the banks as a database administrator. No, I am not going to be making Cookoo Clocks, Chocolate or Cheese, but rather looking after Millions of Stock Market transactions...
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Tue, Jul 27 2004 18:15

Set Microsoft on Fire: Linspire

Very good promo using a parody of the Doors “Light my Fire“: http://images.linspire.com/RunLinspireSong/RunLinspire.swf Fair marketing IMHO.
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