.NET Hell & Heaven » Microsoft Stuff http://www.florinraicu.com First, solve the problem. Then, write the code. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 10 Reasons Why Google Should Still Fear Microsoft http://www.florinraicu.com/10-reasons-why-google-should-still-fear-microsoft/ http://www.florinraicu.com/10-reasons-why-google-should-still-fear-microsoft/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:59:46 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=85 eWeek wrote an interesting article about 10 reasons why Google should still fear Microsoft.

The reasons are:

  1. It’s huge
  2. Google is a newbie
  3. The Yahoo deal matters
  4. Windows is still powerful
  5. Microsoft is improving
  6. Bing is pretty good
  7. Microsoft is settings its sights on Google
  8. The enterprise trusts Microsoft
  9. Microsoft knows the future is the cloud too
  10. Windows 7 is the X factor

Florin RAICU

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=85 0 Why are you the next Bill Gates? http://www.florinraicu.com/why-are-you-the-next-bill-gates/ http://www.florinraicu.com/why-are-you-the-next-bill-gates/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:42:24 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=83 Toshiba and the British company XMA launched a contest in the United Kingdom for college students. The contest is very funny. The prize is £3,500 , a Toshiba laptop and an internship at XMA

All you need to do is to answer in less than 100 words to a simple question: “Why are you the next Bill Gates?”

For more information about this contenst thenextbillgates.co.uk

Florin RAICU

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The biggest prize was $3.000; second place $2.000 and the next 6 movies received $500. Here you can see all the movies which got at least $500.

Grand prize: “7 Beat”  Â



First prize: “Untitled (Parkour)”



Second prize, Superhero: “W7 vs. Captain Virus”



Second prize, Free for All: “Journey to Wiggins”



Second prize, A Blast from the Past: “Bill and Paul’s Excellent Adventure”



Second prize, Reality TV: “Metropolitan Detail”



Second prize, Pets/Family: “IT Bud”



Second prize, Pop Culture: “Don’t Quote Me on This”



Honorable mention: “Installation”

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=80 0 Day by day Microsoft forgets more and more its identity http://www.florinraicu.com/day-by-day-microsoft-forgets-more-and-more-its-identity/ http://www.florinraicu.com/day-by-day-microsoft-forgets-more-and-more-its-identity/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:49:58 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=76 This is why I’m starting not to like Microsoft anymore.

Hey, you are a serious company, not a joke.

Florin RAICU

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Florin RAICU

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=74 0 Some awsome links for ASP.NET 4 http://www.florinraicu.com/some-awsome-links-for-asp-net-4/ http://www.florinraicu.com/some-awsome-links-for-asp-net-4/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:22:59 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=64
  • ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 Web Development Beta 2 Overview
  • ASP.NET 4 Beta 2 Breaking Changes
  • ASP.NET 4 and Scott Hunter on The Big Picture and new Templates

    • Florin RAICU

    ]]>     http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=64 0     ASP.NET 4 Videos http://www.florinraicu.com/asp-net-4-videos/ http://www.florinraicu.com/asp-net-4-videos/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:38:00 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=62
  • ASP.NET 4 and Marcin Dobosz on New Markup from Old Controls - Marcin Dobosz
  • ASP.NET 4 and ASP.NET MVC 2 with Eilon Lipton – Eilon Lipton
  • ASP.NET 4 and Phil Haack (and son!) - Phil Haack
  • ASP.NET 4 and David Fowler on LinqExtender – David Fowler

    • Florin RAICU

    ]]>     http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=62 0     IE6 supported until 2014 http://www.florinraicu.com/ie6-supported-until-2014/ http://www.florinraicu.com/ie6-supported-until-2014/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:03:36 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=57 A few weeks ago Microsoft announced that they will continue to support IE6 until 2014. I know that many of us hate this browser but their reasons to support it seems to me OK.

    According to IEBlog the user needs to make the final decision to upgrade:

    “The engineering point of view on IE6 starts as an operating systems supplier. Dropping support for IE6 is not an option because we committed to supporting the IE included with Windows for the lifespan of the product. We keep our commitments. Many people expect what they originally got with their operating system to keep working whatever release cadence particular subsystems have. As engineers, we want people to upgrade to the latest version. We make it as easy as possible for them to upgrade. Ultimately, the choice to upgrade belongs to the person responsible for the PC.”

    Florin RAICU


    ]]>     http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=57 0     Welcome to WebsiteSpark! http://www.florinraicu.com/welcome-to-websitespark/ http://www.florinraicu.com/welcome-to-websitespark/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:58:10 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=55 Cool news. I’ve just been enrolled on WebsiteSpark program.

    What did I do to get enrolled?!….just filling a form.
    What did I got from them?…Licenses for:

    • Expression Studio 3
    • Expression Web 2
    • Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
    • Windows Server 2008 R2 Web
    • SQL Server 2008 Web

    That’s a good way to increase the use of ASP.NET. Good thinking MS. Keep going like this ;)

    ]]>     http://js-kit.com/rss/www.florinraicu.com/p=55 2     Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 http://www.florinraicu.com/visual-studio-2010-and-net-framework-4-0/ http://www.florinraicu.com/visual-studio-2010-and-net-framework-4-0/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:28:02 +0000 Florin RAICU http://www.florinraicu.com/?p=46 If you like to see what Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 can do for you, for sure you want to watch this video. Scott Guthrie is making a very good presentation.

    Florin RAICU

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