by Eugene Rosenfeld | Aug 6, 2009 | TFS, Visual Studio
A few months ago our Team Foundation Server (TFS) box failed and we lost some data. I thought our new TFS box was headed for the same end the other day when I pulled up a history list for a Visual Studio project and saw that there were not nearly as many entries in...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Aug 5, 2009 | Java, Sun
The latest update to the Sun Microsystems’ (Sun) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Windows comes with a trial-ware Internet backup service called “Carbonite Online Backup”. Unsuspecting users who install the Java update will also be installing potentially unwanted...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Aug 4, 2009 | x64
A colleague of mine recently posed an interesting question: Why would you ever want to specifically target an assembly compilation to x86 or x64? Wouldn’t you always want to use the AnyCPU option? What are the options? Here’s a bit of background on what each option...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 30, 2009 | Microsoft, Virtualization, VMWare, x64
I’ve heard a bit of confusion recently over just what is needed to create 64-bit virtual machines using Microsoft technologies. Part of the confusion stems from the very liberal use of the term “64-bit support” by much of the Microsoft marketing folks in relation to...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 29, 2009 | Blog Readership
This blog just hit a milestone: over 3000 visits last month! Now I know that 3000 visits in a month pales in comparison to the stats many of my fellow SharePoint MVPs get on their blogs, but this is a personal best for me. So, I’m twisting open a cap on a 20oz...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 28, 2009 | MOSS, Office, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, Vista, WSS
A colleague of mine recently had an odd issue when trying to uploading files to a SharePoint site. Here’s what happened… When he tried to upload multiple document to a MOSS 2007 document library from a Vista desktop that has IE8, things worked fine if he was using...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 26, 2009 | Motorola
A few months back I was in the market for a new phone. I read a bunch of reviews and went to my local AT&T store to compare models. At the time, I was choosing from the Motorola Q9 Global, Blackberry Curve, and Blackjack II. I ultimately chose the Q9. This post is...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 24, 2009 | MOSS, SharePoint, Speaking, WSS
Table of contents Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 <— You are here Part 4 This is the third part of my series on getting paid for your SharePoint software. If you have not already done so, please read part 1 and part 2. In part 1, I discussed how you need to...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 24, 2009 | Microsoft, MSDN
Microsoft has released both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing! MSDN subscribers will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English on August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st. TechNet subscribers will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jul 16, 2009 | MOSS, SharePoint, Speaking, WSS
Table of contents Part 1 Part 2 <— You are here Part 3 Part 4 This is second part of my series on getting paid for your SharePoint software. If you have not already done so, please read part 1. In part 1, I discussed how you need to be able to do...
