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Expanding the interoperability of eclipse4SL: Mac support comes to the Eclipse for Silverlight project

by Vijay Rajagopalan on March 18, 2009

In October 2008 , when Microsoft announced the general availability of Silverlight 2.0, and, as part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to interoperability, Microsoft and Soyatec unveiled the Eclipse Tools for Silverlight (Eclipse4SL). Today, Microsoft... more

• Wednesday, March 18, 2009
• in: Community
• Vijay Rajagopalan

SMB2: a Complete Redesign of the Main Remote File Protocol for Windows

by Peter Galli on December 08, 2008

SMB (Server Message Block) is a remote file protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows clients and servers that dates back to 1980's. Back when it was first used, LANs speeds were typically 10Mbps or less, WAN use was very limited and there were no Wireless... more

• Monday, December 08, 2008
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

Supernova

by Sam Ramji on March 19, 2008

I’m writing this from EclipseCon in Santa Clara, California, where I’m going to announce the beginning of Microsoft’s collaborative work with the Eclipse Foundation. This started about a year ago when I met Mike Milinkovich at an open source event (the... more

• Wednesday, March 19, 2008
• in: Dev Center
• Sam Ramji