The Last Responsible Moment...

Concurrent software development means starting development when only partial requirements are known and developing in short iterations that provide the feedback that causes the system to emerge. Concurrent development makes it possible to delay commitment until the last responsible moment, that is, the moment at which failing to make a decision eliminates an important alternative. If commitments are delayed beyond the last responsible moment, then decisions are made by default, which is generally not a good approach to making decisions.

 

Details at:

 

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000705.html

 

Regards,

 

Nilotpal Das

Consultant - Microsoft Technology Practice

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Deconstructing .Net 3.0

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=659520&rl=1

 

Regards,

 

Nilotpal Das

Consultant - Microsoft Technology Practice

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Kanbay Software (I) Ltd.., Cell Phone: +91-98600-59190

 

Wearable computers... Wicked cool...

Symbol Gets More Wearable

On the heels of Motorola takeover, scanner maker intros line of wearable mobile computers.
September 25, 2006

Fresh from its acquisition last week by Motorola, Symbol Technologies previewed its latest line of wearable mobile computers and handheld scanners in New York on Monday.

 

The main entry was Symbol’s WT4000 series of wearable computers, which can be worn on the wrist or the hip. The scanners are Symbol’s first line of wearable computers since 1997 or 1998, according to Gerald McNerney, senior director of transportation, distribution, and logistics in Symbol’s industry solutions group.

 

Details at http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18767&hed=Symbol+Gets+More+Wearable

 

Regards,

 

Nilotpal Das

Consultant - Microsoft Technology Practice

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kanbay Software (I) Ltd.., Cell Phone: +91-98600-59190

 

Google Code Search...

Google Code Search - RegExp on Google

I'm fast becoming addicted to Google Code Search, even though there's no site-specific meta (e.g., the equivalent of site: in a standard Google searchphrase), and I'm going to have to go through deep circles of the Inferno to get the massive ddj.com code archives indexed. At least part of the appeal, here, is that GCS uses regular expressions -- letting you drill, drill, drill down to the precise snippet of code you want to review. This morning, I was using it to track down C++ implementations of the Mersenne Twister RNG (because I need to translate it into a very weird and obscure scripting language used by the front-end for a popular MMORPG, so my consortium can play Texas Hold 'Em in virtual reality ... everybody has a hobby, right?)...

Details at http://www.ddj.com/blog/databaseblog/archives/2006/10/google_code_sea.html

 

Regards,

 

Nilotpal Das

Consultant - Microsoft Technology Practice

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Kanbay Software (I) Ltd.., Cell Phone: +91-98600-59190

 

Vista and antiviruses...

McAfee: Microsoft completely unrealistic on Vista

 

10/2/2006 9:14:12 AM, by Ken Fisher

It's not just Symantec that wants to call foul on Microsoft; McAfee got in on the action today with a full-page ad in the print edition of the Financial Times. The ad accuses Microsoft of engaging in dangerous practices that are creating "inherent weaknesses" in Windows Vista. And by "inherent weaknesses," McAfee means limitations on what their own products can do...

 

Detail at: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7875.html

 

Regards,

 

Nilotpal Das

Consultant - Microsoft Technology Practice

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Kanbay Software (I) Ltd.., Cell Phone: +91-98600-59190