January 2008 - Posts

• Katmai: Ship date or ship-shape?

  Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:11 PM | 11 Comments
  
  

  By now, most of you will have read the news of the delay in releasing SQL Server 2008. It all seems fairly typical Microsoft, though I wouldn't want to be overly critical, even if the bizarre blog announcement, written in strangled Dalek-speak, was almost Read More by Tony Davis | 11 Comments | Comment on this post

• The Decline of IE and the rise of browser-based desktop applications

  Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:37 PM | 16 Comments
  
  

  Until recently, the Internet Explorer V8 group had been a pretty taciturn bunch. However, a few weeks ago, Dean Hachamovitch suddenly popped up with a blog entry announcing that the new IE8 browser had passed the Web Standards Project 'Acid2' test. The Read More by Tony Davis | 16 Comments | Comment on this post

• TSQL and the Tower of Babel

  Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:11 PM | 12 Comments
  
  

  It is always a bit of a strain to program in several languages at once. A simple task like writing a database-driven website will involve you in at least three, maybe more. The experience of diving into JavaScript, VB.NET, and TSQL, all at once, is one Read More by Tony Davis | 12 Comments | Comment on this post