The Daily Grind 1023 by Mike Gunderloy Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Winter is here, and with it four inches of snow.

• Mono Migration Analyzer 1.0 - Figure out how easily you can port your .NET applications to Mono.
• RikReader 1.1 - This WPF-based RSS reader now includes a newspaper view.
• rollsql - Tool for applying multiple scripts to multiple instances of Microsoft SQL Server. Trial download is here, $89 to register.
• Smart PropertyGrid.Net 2.0 - New version of this replacement for the PropertyGrid, with lots of additional features. Trial download is here, pricing from $139.
• TargetProcess 2.0 - New version of this agile process management app. Online demo is here, purchase for $249 per user.
• OLAP ModelKit - OLAP component for .NET. Trial download is here, priving from $300.
• MyUninstaller - Handy free alternative to the Add/Remove programs applet in Windows.
• LINQ to XSD Preview Alpha 0.1 - As if LINQ itself were not bleeding edge enough. There's also an overview document here.
• UMLet 7.1 - Open source tool for UML diagrams, exports to PDF, JPG, and other formats.
• TransformXML - a command line utility to apply XSL transforms - Free wrapper around the XslCompiledTransform class.

• Validation Application Block: Revealed! - Tom Hollander talks about some upcoming Enterprise Library plans.
• Salesforce.com to Deliver Dramatic Leap Forward in IT Success with New ApexConnect Family of Multi-Tenant Integration Solutions - Had a nice chat with the Salesforce folks last week in advance of this announcement. Most interesting to me is that their API usage has surpassed direct page views; they're becoming a data and glue company, not a hosted CRM company.

• Evaluate r.a.d.controls for WinForms and go to Hawaii. Not bad? - A contest that sounds pretty attractive this time of year.
• Licensing the Office 2007 UI - what is Microsoft's IP strategy? - Tim Marman speculates.
• The Gotcha on that MS License on the Office 2007 "Giveaway" - Analysis at Groklaw.

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