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PDC 2009: Availability of the Windows Azure Platform

by Peter Galli on November 17, 2009

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, used the company's annual Professional Developers Conference here in Los Angeles to announce the availability of the Windows Azure platform . That platform consists of Windows Azure, the operating system... more

• Tuesday, November 17, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

Better Windows Development Environments - One project at a Time

by Mark Stone on April 10, 2009

Discussions of the PC market usually break down into "desktop" vs. "server", as if these are the only platform categories. However, the developer's dev box -- call it a "workstation" to distinguish it from desktop -- is really a separate platform. Remember... more

• Friday, April 10, 2009
• in: Community
• Mark Stone

Better Tools for Web Development

by Mark Stone on March 18, 2009

Several years ago I was helping a musician friend of mine set up a web site to use as a promotional site for his live performances. I opted for a simple, PHP-based Content Management System (CMS) that wouldn’t require any special knowledge for him to... more

• Wednesday, March 18, 2009
• in: Community
• Mark Stone

Brazilian Students Set Their Own Course

by Mark Stone on March 16, 2009

I’m going to tell a story that starts in Indiana, but really it’s about Brazil. Once upon a time “scientific computing” was nearly synonymous with “Fortran”. Today, though, just about any high level language can be used to write High Performance Computing... more

• Monday, March 16, 2009
• in: Community
• Mark Stone