Whew! I spent the week out at a client site doing an Architectural Design Review of
a .NET framework that they've been developing for the past year or so. All-in-all
I think they did a good job. They still have some work ahead of them (of course),
but it is pretty well thought out.
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Does Microsoft .NET measure
up? - This InfoWorld Special Report tries to answer that question. John Udell
gives it good grades (As and Bs). What do you think? [via Don
Box]
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The Smart Client
Experience - Microsoft Regional Director and fellow Interlinker Joe Shirey starts
blogging with this post about Smart Clients.
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Security
in Java and .NET - The .NET world and the Java world have completely different
approaches to how security is implemented. Stefano Demiliani has posted a convenient
set of links to four articles from onjava.com that cover configuration, cryptography,
code access, and authentication & authorization.
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Optimizing Thread
Pooling - Here is a topic you don't see everyday. And a solution technique that
I've never seen before. Rico Mariani tells the store of how he used a Poisson
Function to determine what the optimal size of his thread pool was. Very cool
technique!
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IEEE
Plans to Standardize Agility - Brian Marick rants gently about why the IEEE shouldn't
be trying to lock agility into a mold.
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Virtual
Sex Change - Man oh man... this is hilarious. See George W Bush as a woman. See
yourself! See your boss!
