The Daily Grind 655

As soon as this rainy weather stops, it's time for my annual battle with the thistles to being again. What fun.

Software

• WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 Sample Application: Preview release for the .NET Framework version 1.1 - It's a useful sample and it shows the Enterprise Library in action. Now how much would you pay? (via Peter Provost)
• OpenLogic Introduces Free BlueGlue Starter Edition - Eclipse plus 20 open source plug-ins preconfigured and ready to go.
• NDOC Revision History Tags - Morgan Skinner demonstrates a use for NDoc's extensibility features. (via Eric Bowen)
• OraDirect.NET Data Provider - Use Oracle data from .NET without the Oracle client. Trial version, pricing from $149.95.

Information

• Targetting earlier .NET frameworks - James Shaw points out one of the problems for ISVs in the upcoming release of VS2005.
• Atlas Project - Microsoft (re)discovers AJAX.
• Visual Studio Team System - Thom Robbins takes the VSTS architectural slide and adds explanatory rollovers.

Community

• DevAuthority.com - New community blogging site with a growing number of .NET bloggers.

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Mike Gunderloy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.

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