by billhilf on January 23, 2007
I can’t recall if I have ever blogged about this, but we certainly have shown interviews here on Port25 with Jeffery Snover, Architect of PowerShell . PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language for Windows: Think consistent syntax and standard utilities that make managing and administering Windows much easier. Powershell is not yet in the market (of course there are release candidates... more
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by MichaelF on February 08, 2007
We get quite a few requests to provide more information about Powershell so Hank and I decided to go straight to the person who just finished writing the book on Powershell: Powershell in Action , Bruce Payette. Bruce was one of the founders of the Powershell team here at Microsoft and is an expert on not only Powershell but according to Jeff Snover , on any number of popular and obscure languages... more
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by MichaelF on November 14, 2006
Today at IT Forum in Barcelona Microsoft announced the release of Powershell a command line shell and scripting language intended to simplify administration and automation for system administration. A couple of weeks ago Jeffrey Snover, Powershell Architect, sat down and talked with Sam about Powershell, its evolution and what users can expect from this powerful solution. Video: Powershell Released... more
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by jcannon on May 29, 2008
Abstract: In the UNIX and Linux world, vi and EMACS have long held positions as the best-developed editors for handling large amounts of code or other text. More recently, an improved vi clone has emerged named VIM (Short for Vi, IMproved). VIM features syntax highlighting, a vi-like command-line interface, and many powerful features for editing large text projects. It has quickly become one of the... more
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by admin on May 24, 2006
Submitted by: Alexandre Ferrieux Question: Hello, I'd like to describe what is my highest frustration at the unix-Windows boundary: the lack of 'file descriptor abstraction' in Windows. Consider: In unix everything is a file descriptor, on which you simply use read(), write(), and select() regardless of the underlying reality (files,pipes,sockets,devices,pseudoterminals). In windows you... more
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by MichaelF on March 29, 2007
Project Name Description License DSL TreeGrid Editor PowerToy This project aims to provide a new capability that will allow you to very easily provide a custom ‘tool window’ specifically for your DSL language that edits hierarchical domain classes and relationships (embedded or referenced). MS-PL Project Helping Hand Project Helping hand is an Outlook 2007 add-in that provides a way for... more
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by Bryan Kirschner on November 24, 2008
I was recently at Harvard for two events. The first, which I'll talk about in this blog, was part of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard lunch series. Mario Madden and I were invited to speak at a session called " Microsoft and Open Source: Opportunity or Threat ?" You can watch the whole thing online at the link - and David Weinberger liveblogged as well . The focus of the whole... more
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by Sam Ramji on February 27, 2008
When I think about what works really well in open source development and technology, the following things stand out: Modular architectures You can find these wherever you see participation at scale – and often a rearchitecture to a more modular system precedes expanded participation. Great examples of this are Firefox, OpenOffice, and X11 – from both the historical rearchitecture and the increased... more
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by hjanssen on February 28, 2007
When I started working at Microsoft in May of 2006 I wanted to chronicle my adventures here. So my first blog was posted on June 7th 2006 Titled What is a guy like me doing in a place like this , I had every intention writing frequently about my experiences. As you can see, I have not been very consistent with that. Something that I will try to improve in the future. If you would have told me 1 year... more
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