Yesterday Microsoft made Windows Vista available to anyone who wants to pay for shipping or download it. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx and see if you system can run Vista… Note for me on my slow DSL the estimated time for download is 54 hours .

Have fun!

The PAG group has just released a CTP of the Mobile Client Software Factory. I have yet to read and play with the code but I am told it is great.

Please let me know what you think of it if you decide to play with it.

OK I know this is going to be a pain in my side but I want to do it so I can stay current on Compact Framework development. On the suggestion of Scott Kerfoot I have stated to develop a small test Compact Framework application. I have setup a new site to host it and it’s Web Service. Check it out!

Pubs Demo

Have you checked out any of the Virtual Labs? They simply rock! With no setup you can run a sand boxed system with every thing you need to do development is different scenarios.

There are Virtual Labs for MSDN and TechNet the thing that got me excited is that there is now Virtual Labs for doing mobile development.

Have fun!

OK I know beta scares a lot of people but I don’t care who you are you want to see this one!

For the announcement go here

For the software go here you will have to fill out a from but it looks painless.

So you want to want to know about Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) well do I have a deal for you!

If you want to hear a great overview if SDLC come to the next of speakTECH Build a Better SDLC seminar series. The next one is Friday, May 19 at 9am to 4pm in the Microsoft San Diego office.

For more information and to register go to speakTECH’s info site about the event Build a Better SDLC seminar series.

Well I am… Yes me Mr Microsoft the questions is why, well the world is not all .NET and with so many customers\users that live in the real world where there is Java and .NET in the same environment we make interop as easy as possible so we (Microsoft that is) are going back to JavaOne (second year in a row) to make sure the Java heads out there know we can work with them.

We are hosting a party during JavaOne so would like to know if you are coming and see if you might want to come. And if you know where the Borland party is going to be let me know.

My fellow Developer Evangelist Tim Heuer has created an IE7 Search provider that uses the Merriam-Webster web site… way cool for me as I can’t spell for beans!

Check it out: dictionary search provider