Archive for February, 2008
Heroes Happened Here - 2008 is going to be great!
Just got back from the official launch event of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. It was quite amazing to see Steve Ballmer speak. Microsoft has some great plans for the launch products, and to be fair, they do look amazing.
VS 2008 is an amazing product for developing software. And especially now, with ReSharper 4.0 out, I can keep developing with passion. 
LINQ, lambda expression, faster VS, better JS debugging - all these together - AWESOME. Now we just need to wait for Silverlight 2 and MVC.
IIS 7 needs to be mentioned by itself. Hosting asp.net applications is going to so nice. I just can’t wait.
What else? I got to see Brad Adams speak. His presentation was nice, but a bit outdated. He mentioned asp.net ajax and ajax toolkit, which are great, but it is kind of old news now. I guess, Mix is where all the great stuff will come out. I mentioned my issues with Silverlight animations, but it didn’t seem like he knew of a fix.
Got to talk to some people from SQL Server team, and those guys were great! If you are their manager, they deserve a raise! SQL Server 2008 has some amazing features and I hope I will get to use it soon.
All in all, a great event, great swag and a lot of really great people.
2008 is going to be a wonderful year for developers!
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