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I am an Asteroid.

I am a drifter. I go where life leads, which makes me usually a very calm and content sort of person. That or thoroughly apathetic. Usually I keep on doing whatever I'm doing, and it takes something special to make me change my mind.

I got this from Javier's blog. Direct link to What Video Game Am I?

This MSDN article provides a good overview on Microsoft's modelling strategy with some specifics on UML and MDA from a Microsoft perspective.

I haven't had a chance to really look at it yet, but this Code Project article appears to allow event logs to be turned into RSS feeds. Sounds cool if I were a SysAdmin.

After reading this Microsoft Watch article, it is even more painfully obvious that it does not take much skill to be a tech journalist.

The big revelation in this piece is that Longhorn will not be written entirely in managed code. Well, NO SHIT! Except for a brief bit of confusion about two years ago (kinda sad that Longhorn has been on the drawing board that long), I have never seen anything that said Longhorn would be all managed code. As a matter of fact, I distinctly remember sitting through PDC 2003 sessions covering WinFX and specific remarks being made about how WinFX was in many cases a wrapper around native APIs since it didn't make sense for much of the OS to be managed.

What I found even more amazing is that they were able to obtain some choice quotes from ex-Microsoftie Joel Spolsky supporting the idea that native code in Longhorn was some kind of backtrack by Microsoft. How did Joel miss this one? My only guess is that there is still some confusion (including myself) on how tightly aspects of the CLR will be tied to the Longhorn OS. Perhaps that is what Joel is referring to by it was twisted a bit to support the premise of the article.

I think I need to start sniffing around for one of these tech journalist jobs. I can make up crap just as well as they can.

A good whitepaper on changes in the Framework as we move to .NET 2.0. Overall a good story but some things to be aware of.

This Forbes article offers a very interesting read on the viability of open source business models for software development. My favorite part...

"One problem with the services model is that it is based on the idea that you are giving customers crap--because if you give them software that works, what is the point of service?" McVoy says.

I love it! There is some good quality OSS stuff out there, but there is also a lot of truth to this statement.

Something I was not aware of and not sure if many others are either. You can now receive RSS feeds on Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, including only receiving updates on products you are interested in.

This quiz was actually somewhat surprising. Remember to go with your gut instinct. I think the results prove why I have no social life.