The Daily Grind 914

by Mike Gunderloy
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

A nice five mile bushwhack before breakfast is a great way to get the blood moving.

NSpec - The start of a Behaviour Specification Framework for .NET. Some people see Behaviour Driven Development as the successor to TDD. (via Jeremy D. Miller)

Tao of the Windows Installer, Part 4 - Guidance on patching from the Windows Installer team.
Is Microsoft about to release a Windows "kill switch"? - Ed Bott passes along the rumor that Windows Genuine Advantage is poised to start turning off copies of Windows that it doesn't like. In other news, Microsoft has somewhat neutered the obnoxious "phone home" behavior of the current WGA component.
Microsoft Bites the Bullet: WinFS Bites the Dust - Roger Jennings recounts the nearly 15-year history of Microsoft's attempts to ship some sort of object file system. Lots of memories of code names and broken promises from the past in this one.

Build a cool Atlas control/extender and win a MSDN Premium Subscription! - A contest from DotNetSlackers. (via Glav)

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.

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