Monthly Archives: March 2007

Morning Thoughts 24

Posted on March 29, 2007 by spawnmaster

Vendors aren’t understanding SOA. That is the claim of ING Insurance. It seems to me that is creative incompetence. I still haven’t figured out what would make a vendor want to sell a real SOA solution and not try and … Continue reading →

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Morning Thoughts 23

Posted on March 28, 2007 by spawnmaster

I finally gave in and bought a Zune. Since I never owned an iPod this is an interesting transition. I suspect that my wife and daughter will get more use out of it, but at least I’m participating in the … Continue reading →

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Morning Thoughts 22

Posted on March 27, 2007 by spawnmaster

The Patterns & Practices Team has started posting guidance on Visual Studio Team System. They have some interesting articles and videos to help users optimize the benefits from the product. If you use VSTS this site is an excellent resource. … Continue reading →

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Morning Thoughts 21

Posted on March 26, 2007 by spawnmaster

My wife and I watched The Guardian this weekend. I am not a big Kevin Costner fan, but the movie was great! I highly recommend it. I am still alive in my college basketball bracket! Fortunately, Ohio State, UCLA, and … Continue reading →

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Morning Thoughts 20

Posted on March 23, 2007 by spawnmaster

I guess my NCAA bracket isn’t as bad as I thought. UCLA, Kansas, and Ohio State all won and so I am alive, although barely, in the office pool. Oracle filed a big lawsuit against SAP yesterday. I read through … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Thoughts 19

Posted on March 22, 2007 by spawnmaster

Like most years my NCAA bracket is pretty toasted. I still have three of the teams I picked going to the Final Four though (UCLA, Florida, Ohio State) so I haven’t lost all hope yet. Harry has a great post … Continue reading →

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Don’t Get Too Attached To Tools

Posted on March 22, 2007 by spawnmaster

I find it interesting how often, even in a technologically advanced company like Microsoft we get so attached to certain tools that we shoehorn them to work in other cases where really a new tool would work better. As a … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Thoughts 18

Posted on March 19, 2007 by spawnmaster

I made dinner for my family last night. That in itself isn’t really worth mentioning, but when my wife asked the kids to say thank you to daddy, Jacob, one of my 2 year old twins said "Thank you daddy" … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Thoughts 17

Posted on March 16, 2007 by spawnmaster

I have been pretty inconsistent with my blogging this week. Mainly I have been trying to get some projects I am working on closed out, and get started on some new assignments. With that said here are some items I … Continue reading →

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SOA versus SAAS

Posted on March 13, 2007 by spawnmaster

Joe McKendrick writes an interesting post about if SOA is simply Software as a Service (SAAS) delivered internally. He makes some interesting points and while there are certainly parallels I think that ultimately they are different. Consider the following: SOA … Continue reading →

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