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June 2007 – June 2009 377 Days – Can We Go To Release For July 29th?

By scott kane | Published: June 12, 2009

I've decided to try to do the same thing starting Monday 15th of June 2009 through to July 29th 2009. If I fail to do so this time...I still honestly believe time periods of 30 days etc are generally bad news for development cycles. In this instance I'm literally bringing the pieces together into the UI and connecting them with glue and code.

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26 Megabytes – Not So Painful .Net 3.5 SP1 – But What About All The Non “Genuine” Windows Installs?

By scott kane | Published: February 28, 2009

share Mike’s enthusiasm for this little discovery because, as Mike points out...

Posted in Anti-Piracy, Audio Software, BizSpark, C#, General ISV Issues, ISV Software Design, Microsoft, MixAction, Starting an mISV, Uncategorized, VB.Net, VisualStudio, Windows | Also tagged .net, blog, blogging, blogs, business of, current version, delphi, developers, development, isv, megabytes, Microsoft, mike wilson, misv, new software, pirates, Starting an mISV, Uncategorized, visual studio, Windows, windows genuine validation, windows updates, windows xp | Leave a comment

A Developer Says He’s “Speechless” That I Am Targeting Vista And Win 7 With .Net. But Does He Know His Onions Or Have I Flipped My Biscuit?

By scott kane | Published: February 21, 2009

Recently on the Business of Software forums in a discussion a developer (who anonymously posts as “Rich ISV” for whatever that is worth) said he was speechless that I would purposefully target Vista And Windows 7 and force XP users...

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10 Years Anniversary Today. EPIC FAIL. I Quit. Starting An ISV …

By scott kane | Published: October 1, 2008

History is full of people who aren't heroes, they don't do heroic things, they just do boring things for years and years so that others can enjoy their lives free from problems certain other people wish to inflict upon them. I think that about sums about the content of this article. Ten years ago this month a group of Usenet newsgroups were formed. The groups were created for the software industry as a moderated solution to stem the bickering and vicious flame wars that broke out daily on the parallel "alt" newsgroups.

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