Author: Richard Hundhausen

Feb 19, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I just wanted to throw out a quick plug for my buddy Wally McClure and his company. I've known Wally for a couple of years now and respect him as an author, .NET/SQL wonk, and a consultant with …

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T-Mobile to open a call center in Boise

Feb 13, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Not only will this help Boise's economy by brining 600 more jobs and some tech to the area, but I'll be able to drive across town and ring someone's neck when my service falters -- much more …

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Whidbey Enterprise Tools - Technical Preview

Feb 11, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'm wrapping up a two day technical preview of Whidbey Enterprise Tools. Early Adopters and a few authors were invited. I noticed Rocky Lhotka, Brian Randell. My buddy Dave Nielson from …

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.NET Developers Association - General Meeting at Microsoft

Feb 10, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Last night I attended the general meeting of the .NET Developer's Association. There were two fantastic presentations. The first presnetation was on RSS and syndication of blogs. It was given by …

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Will Google ever IPO?

Feb 8, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I had hoped it was to be this Spring, but looks like it'll be a bit later than that. This article speculates that if/when it happens, Google will be valued at $20b ;-) …

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Remembering Phil Katz

Feb 4, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

While teaching my C# students about passing command-line parameters to console applications, I remember a favorite command line utility of mine from days gone past. More importantly, I remember …

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Arizona .NET User Group Presentation

Feb 4, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Last night I presented a few topics on ADO.NET 2.0 and the SQLCLR to the Arizona .NET User Group (www.azdnug.com). It was a fun evening with about 30+ folks in attendance, and all eager to see …

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Borland Brain Drain Continues

Feb 4, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Being an ex-Borland afficionado, (remember, my email is delphi@delphi.org), this story on eWeek caught my attention. I have mix feelings about it. It seems that two of Borland's top engineers, Blake …

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Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Feb 3, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

MSDN just posted a new article online. It was written by my friends Peter Blackburn (Boost Data Ltd.) and Bill Vaughn (Beta V Corporation) and explains what SSL security is, why it's …

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