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More VC6 migration
In the comment area, Nish Sivakumar, VC++ MVP, pointed out some further VC6 migration info available...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/16/2005
C++/CLI now an International Standard!
Breaking news... The ECMA General Assembly has approved C++/CLI as an international standard. ECMA...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/14/2005
Migrating from VC6
I'm back in Redmond today after spending a few days in Dallas for the VC++ Accelerator Lab. Thanks...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/14/2005
Deep in the Heart of Texas
I'm here in Dallas delivering 2005's final VC++ Accelerator Lab at our Las Colinas campus with Ayman...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/12/2005
MFC and WinForms integration
Developer.com posted a brief-but-informative article by Nick Wienholt on MFC and WinForms...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/09/2005
Gettin' my read on
I travel a good deal. So, what that means -- other than that I've hardened to the point that I will...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 12/07/2005
Is C++ a first-class .NET language?
I get this question pretty frequently. Most recently, reader Wil brings it up in response to my last...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/21/2005
C++ or C# to get started?
TexBlog reader Gordon writes:"I just got VS 2005 C++ Express. I have been looking for comprehensive...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/16/2005
100 blogs without GYM?
Scoble's trying to do 100 blogs without mentioning Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft. He's now 25% of the...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/14/2005
Applause-o-meter
As an ISV, it's fun to see what product features folks are excited about based on spontaneous...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/10/2005
eWeek discusses C++ futures
Esther Schindler of eWeek wrote on this week's C++ Connections conference. Near the end of the...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/10/2005
Concurrency, a roast, and a burrito
A bunch of session yesterday at C++ Connections on concurrency, threading, and the like. Highlights...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/09/2005
A Tale of Two Conferences
As fortune would have it this week, the C++ Connections in Vegas overlaps with the annual Borland...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/09/2005
Software Security: When good neighborhoods go bad
I guess this entry would be a zombie blog, since I wrote part of it live and part of it after the...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/08/2005
Live from C++ Connections
I thought I'd try my hand at this live blogging thing to see first hand what all the kids are...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/08/2005
I saw a Beatle!
Sir Paul played the Key Arena last night. And I was there. At the risk of revealing my manifest...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 11/04/2005
When is 4 gig not 4 gig?
Interesting problem came up last week. Let's say you compile the following code with VC++ targeting...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/31/2005
Everyone's a rifleman
My military career was exceedingly short and undistinguished. I spent a month in US Marine Corps...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/24/2005
VC++ 2005 optimizations in the real world
I thought I'd share this direct feedback from a customer that attended a recent VC++ 2005 dev lab:...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/12/2005
Silicon Valley Dev Lab (and it's nice to be home)
I finally completed what turned out to be a busy few weeks meeting and working with VC++ customers....
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/06/2005
I love the smell of hyperbole in the morning
Keyboards are wagging in the press over the recent joint announcement between Google and Sun that...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/04/2005
Welcome, Chad
Chad Hower, a fellow former Delphi community guy, has recently joined Microsoft as a .NET Developer...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 10/04/2005
Reston DevLab post mortem
Not sure why I'm calling it a "post mortem," since I feel pretty solidly in the midst of mortem...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/28/2005
Good code and bad coffee
I'm in Reston, VA this week with team members Ayman Shoukry and Alex Thaman where we're putting on a...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/27/2005
The Company Meeting
So, you may have heard that the big Microsoft company meeting was held yesterday at Safeco field. A...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/24/2005
Avast ye techie talk!
My wife, Helen, reminds me that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Who says so? Well, Dave Barry, for...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/19/2005
PDC05: Wrap up
Thanks to all the customers that took the time to meet with me! There was a ton of cool content at...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/19/2005
PDC05: Over the hump
The middle day of PDC was indeed the busiest of all for me. The VC++ team held five fairly in-depth...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/15/2005
PDC05: A busy day two
After staying up late last night, I got up early to register and watch the keynote. I took the...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/14/2005
PDC05: Looking up
As Emperor Zurg might say, Los Angeles' power outage today appeared to be caused by the high voltage...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/13/2005
Powerless at PDC05
I managed to arrive in LA just in time for a huge power outage. You really haven't lived until...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/12/2005
Robert Scoble interviews Bill Gates on Channel 9
Fellow San Jose State Spartan, Robert Scoble, finally gets The Man in his lens. Cool interview. I...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/08/2005
About Steve
Steve Teixeira is the Product Unit Manager for the Parallel Development Tools team within Developer...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 09/01/2005
The local shop: Subverting the path of least resistance
I like coffee. Okay, I really like coffee. I'm not even sure the morning would ever turn to...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/29/2005
Visual C++ at PDC05
If you're a Visual C++ developer headed to PDC05, there are a bunch of cool things for you to see...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/25/2005
Will the browser become the OS?
In a word: hogwash. In fact, I think the time is long overdue to file this .com-era fallacy away...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/19/2005
What do MFC and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have in common?
Steven Sinofsky, VP of all things Office, posted a great blog entry last night on the important role...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/19/2005
Chuck's blogging
Chuck Jazdzewski, a fellow member of the Hard to Spell Last Names Club, has begun blogging recently....
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/15/2005
C++ Connections Conference
Go to Vegas, enjoy a great C++ conference, and ride home on a Harley. Well, anyone that wants to...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/11/2005
.com era buzzwords
I like words. Whereas normal, high functioning people appreciate words for their ability to...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/11/2005
More Cowbell
"I have a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!" For some reason, Christopher...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/10/2005
Windows Error Reporting
I get this question a lot, so I thought I'd pass on The Old New Thing blog entry on Windows Error...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/10/2005
The Path of Least Resistance
Mark Cuban, technologist and Dallas Mavericks owner, has an interesting blog I keep on my RSS short...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/10/2005
Now the crickets make sense
It's obvious to me now they were locusts. The apocalypse is obviously nigh, as my wife has begun...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/05/2005
Things you shouldn't have to ask the front desk
"Is it normal to have dead crickets all over the floor of my room?" Yeah, seriously. I'm in the...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/04/2005
STL.NET: generics and templates
Developer.com posted a pithy article today on STL.NET. This whole templates vs. generics area seems...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 08/01/2005
Using C++/CLI for .NET development
Good article on Code Project on some of the advantages of using C++/CLI for .NET development. The...
Author: Steve Teixeira -- MSFT Date: 07/28/2005