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    PHP on Windows
    by hjanssen on March 04, 2008

    I have this really odd feeling of Dejavu. The last blog I wrote ( here ), I started by saying that I have been very delinquent with writing blogs. So what do I do? I continue to be very delinquent with my blogs! If anything, I am consistent! :) So, why... more

    Technical Analysis: Installing Apache on Windows
    by jcannon on February 12, 2008

    Abstract : By many estimates, Apache is the world's most popular web server software, hosting more than half of active domains according to Netcraft. Typically, Apache is run on Linux or UNIX, but it runs quite well on Windows. This paper provides an... more

    Pilot
    by jcannon on December 19, 2007

    I spend a significant amount of my time crisscrossing Microsoft, looking for (and advocating) interesting ways that our research and development teams are adopting open approaches in their work. It’s not terribly difficult - and, in fact, increasingly easy to find areas where sharing code, participating in community and collaborating with the commercial open source industry are part of what we do every... more

    • Wednesday, December 19, 2007
    • in: Community
    • jcannon
    Hank Janssen & John Bocharov: Introduction to SQL Server Driver for PHP (SQLPHP)
    by jcannon on November 08, 2007

    Our own Hank Janssen gives the Channel9 team an update on the work that has been done to provide a native driver to SQL Server for PHP. SQL Team Says: "The SQL Server Driver for PHP (October 2007) Community Technology Preview (CTP) is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications deployed on the Windows platform. The Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that... more

    • Thursday, November 08, 2007
    • in: Community
    • jcannon
    PHP on IIS
    by jcannon on September 24, 2007

    Just about one year ago, Bill Hilf announced Zend and Microsoft's partnership to enhance PHP performance on Windows Server's IIS web server. This technical collaboration has focused on enhancing the reliability and performance of PHP on Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. As part of this collaboration, the IIS product group has been working on a new component for IIS6 and IIS7 called FastCGI... more

    • Monday, September 24, 2007
    • in: Community
    • jcannon
    Talking Ruby and Dynamic Language Support with John Lam
    by MichaelF on April 30, 2007

    As promised in the first post today, here is the second interview regarding today's announcements regarding Microsoft's Dynamic Language Runtime and Silverlight...... more

    • Monday, April 30, 2007
    • in: Community
    • MichaelF
    Python, Java, Ruby, Oh My! Silverlight Alpha 1.1 ships with Dynamic Language Support
    by MichaelF on April 30, 2007

    Mix 07 kicked off today with keynotes from Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie. Amongst announcements regarding media and Silverlight Scott Guthrie announced the release of a cross-platform version of the .NET framework within Silverlight Alpha 1.1. Included is a Dynamic Language Runtime that allows developers to use languages such as Python, Java and Ruby to program in Silverlight...... more

    • Monday, April 30, 2007
    • in: Community
    • MichaelF
    MySQL on Windows: Configuration & Install
    by jcannon on March 16, 2007

    MySQL is an open source relational database management system which is typically used for light-weight web applications. This paper will provide an overview of configuring & intalling this software on Windows. MySQL does not have as many features as PostgreSQL, however, and one would expect it to perform substantially better than PostgreSQL on Windows because of its thread-based architecture (PostgreSQL... more

    PostgreSQL on Windows: A Primer
    by MichaelF on February 22, 2007

    This paper will cover the installation and initial configuration of PostgreSQL 8.2 on Windows up to a point where a database is created and plpgsql is installed in it. We assume an ability to walk through the install wizard in general, though screens... more

    • Thursday, February 22, 2007
    • in: Dev Center
    • MichaelF
    ASP.NET AJAX Released!
    by MichaelF on February 01, 2007

    I wanted to take a moment to let the Port 25 community that Microsoft has officially released ASP.NET AJAX to the web under the Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL)... ... more

    • Thursday, February 01, 2007
    • in: Community
    • MichaelF
    FastCGI and Zend Core 2.0
    by MichaelF on January 17, 2007

    Following-up on the announcement of the Microsoft/Zend technical collaboration from October, we wanted to make sure the Port 25 community was aware of the first set of deliverables...... more

    • Wednesday, January 17, 2007
    • in: Dev Center
    • MichaelF
    Andi Gutmans on working with Microsoft & Improving PHP Performance on Windows
    by MichaelF on October 31, 2006

    Today at Zendcon Bill Hilf and Andi Gutmans announced a new technical collaboration aimed at improving the performance of PHP on Windows both for IIS 6 as well as in the future including IIS 7 on Longhorn. In this interview Sam and Andi discuss how Zend came to be as well as the details of the announcement. Andi provides his perspective on what this collaboration will mean to the PHP community and... more

    • Tuesday, October 31, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Developer Resources for Open Source Software on Vista
    by MichaelF on October 10, 2006

    Recently we posted about http://www.devreadiness.com, an online resource for Vista Application Compatibility questions/guidance.  After posting we received some feedback that with some changes they could become much more useful for Open Source Developers.  Based on this feedback we are going to create a set of resources specifically tailored for the open source developer/ISV.  This is where we would... more

    • Tuesday, October 10, 2006
    • in: Community
    • MichaelF
    Java and .NET Interoperability: JNBridge
    by MichaelF on September 19, 2006

    Sam interviews Wayne Citrin to discuss work his company, JNBridge, has done to provide interoperability between .NET and Java...... more

    • Tuesday, September 19, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Sam Ramji and Professor John Gough talk Virtual Machines, Dynamic Languages, Ruby and .NET (Part 2)
    by MichaelF on August 09, 2006

    In part two of two, Sam and Professor Gough continue their conversation focusing on Dynamic Languages and Professor Gough's work with Ruby and .NET... more

    • Wednesday, August 09, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
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