Microsoft and its hardware partners really, really want everyone to abandon Windows XP by April 8. But the world won’t end if you don’t. It’s the end of an era at Microsoft. No, I’m not talking about CEO Steve Ballmer […]
Triple hop issue with ASP.NET delegation Part I: Our Windows XP Pro desktops
Last Friday we had an issue in production: we have a very simple web application with one single page on our intranet that consumes an array of web services. These web services talk to a back end SQL Server. All […]
Ten years of Windows XP: how longevity became a curse
Windows XP’s retail release was October 25, 2001, ten years ago today. Though no longer readily available to buy, it continues to cast a long shadow over the PC industry: even now, a slim majority of desktop users are still […]