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Re: What’s the difference between an ISV, a VAR, and an SI?

zora — Thu, 08 May 2014 23:24:57 -0000

thanks for the information ! I had been lost in these terms for a good while after entering a company n this field ^^''

Re: Why is it so hard to buy a standard developer workstation?

David Wildgoose — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:56:40 -0000

Absolute agreement. I'm looking for a core i7 with Haswell chipset, 16GB RAM, 256 GB SSD. I've been waiting for Apple to upgrade their Mini Mac but have just about given up. Looks like I'll have to build myself a Linux box again.

Re: Bug Tracking 101: Where TFS Blows It

D. Lambert — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 12:07:21 -0000

Thanks for the update. It's good to see these developments.

Re: Bug Tracking 101: Where TFS Blows It

Hassan — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 07:42:24 -0000

you can log bugs without any licence now. check this out

http://msdn.microsoft.com/e...

Re: Why is it so hard to buy a standard developer workstation?

D. Lambert — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:43:54 -0000

Good to hear there's a vendor that does these. I've always built my own workstations for home use, but there are plenty of shops that prefer buying machines only from big-name vendors, and they're typically pretty lousy at putting systems like this together. I totally agree on the cost, by the way -- I've never found that I really save any money building a system myself, but I've got complete control over all the components, which is somewhat appealing to me.

Re: Why is it so hard to buy a standard developer workstation?

Kyle — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:22:30 -0000

I buy my development machines from Puget Systems (no affiliation, just a satisfied customer). They can make just about any configuration you'd want. I like their stuff because:
1. They will make anything you want. Even if they don't carry a particular part, they'll get it if you ask.
2. They have great customer service and help you design your system
3. Their configuration website doesn't suck.
4. They will do custom stuff like install whatever OS you want. I just sent them a disc and they installed and tested it.
5. By the time you're done designing your system, if you add up all the parts and are able to find a similarly equipped machine elsewhere, the price will be about the same.....i.e. they are not more expensive for good machines (if you want a cheap off-the-shelf configuration for your sister-in-law, go to costco)

Re: Why is it so hard to buy a standard developer workstation?

Just Some Guy — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:39:26 -0000

Complete agreement with you on wondering why nobody markets development workstations, and on the pain and horrible design of the Dell web site. One thing about a dev workstation, not sure why you want mirrored drives, I'd just as soon have one spinning and one external for backups. Wish the SSDs were just a *little* more reliable and then I wouldn't want an old spinner at all. If I have multiple drives, I'd want them independent ... unless I want my own SAN box.

Re: About

Christophe Carbognin — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:26:57 -0000

Your page layout and style is very elegant. Do you have any advise regarding BR engines? We are considering developing our own, but...

Re: What’s the difference between an ISV, a VAR, and an SI?

Adam — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:03:33 -0000

Thanks! Very helpful.

Re: Meet the new phone, same as the old phone

D. Lambert — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:58:53 -0000

The best thing I ever did for this phone was to flash Cyanogenmod 7 (Android) onto the phone, but you'll probably also want to look into flashing a new radio ROM -- either instead of or in addition to flashing Android. A new radio could make a pretty big difference in how the phone performs.

Re: Meet the new phone, same as the old phone

Iamger18 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:50:36 -0000

I have an HD2 too and its T Mobile. Darn I really want to get this fixed. please tell me how..

Re: Use a null SMTP server for testing

Bogdan Gusiev — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:02:25 -0000

Try also Mailtrap - http://mailtrap.io : web based service.
It offers:
* All emails in one place
* Shared access for dev team to the inbox
* Developer tools to analyze emailsFlexible configuration

Re: Use .htaccess to redirect from Drupal to WordPress

D. Lambert — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:49:07 -0000

I'm glad this was of some help. The conversion I did was quite some time ago, and I'm not sure how well it's stood the test of time. I'm contemplating one more conversion, however, so I may end up revisiting this again -- thanks for the pointer.

Re: Use .htaccess to redirect from Drupal to WordPress

Allin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:26:46 -0000

I've been searching all day and that is the first blog article that is of use.
Unfortunately a simple re-direct in the .htaccess won't do the trick
here since the parameter ?q=node/## needs to be converted to ?p=## on
the WordPress side.

Re: SugarCRM for Job Search Management – Part 2

CherylJefferson — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:57:09 -0000

Let me point out another alternative software for vTiger. It`s WorkforceTrack.com !

Re: What’s the difference between an ISV, a VAR, and an SI?

ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:48 -0000

David, solid clarification. Indeed the lines are blurry, and I've begun to think of these terms (and other channel labels) in terms of "heritage" as opposed to an all inclusive label. MSPs seem to be the force dujour today, seemingly taking the heritage of either a VAR or SI and evolving the finance and billing aspects to the business. In other words, adding "managed" to the transaction/project, as it were, in an on-going, annuity-based model.

Re: Saving Microsoft

D. Lambert — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:43:46 -0000

The other side of that transaction, though, is that Google / Android isn't going to sit still and let Microsoft claw their way back into the market. I couldn't agree more about all those other development platforms -- they're all going to try to achieve cross-platform development, which is the only way to bring sanity back to application development. No business is going to want to pay to develop the same app three or four times if they've got a reasonable shot at developing it once and deploying to a bunch of platforms. Those other platforms are going to be around for a while, though, so it's not reasonable for Microsoft to pretend they don't exist.

Re: Saving Microsoft

Chuck Brooks — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:38:56 -0000

Motorola's acquisition by Google is another opportunity for Microsoft to capitalize on, now that the other Android integrators have a huge competitor as a partner. Others have also recognized this in light of observations noted. Delphi is moving aggressively, and oddly enough Flex/FlashBuilder is also similarly positioned, advantages there for both companies to lose. From what we've seen for some time (in this iPhone New Age) is that the driver is business justification (i.e., ROI) over techno whizbang, with the development tools getting more attention from those who sign the checks.

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Re: Bug Tracking 101: Where TFS Blows It

D. Lambert — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:18:22 -0000

Yes, John, I think quite a bit has changed since I wrote that article. While I do believe there's a web service you can connect to (see http://phase2.com/blog/?p=141), my understanding is that the preferred integration method is to use the Client Object Model (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/e....

Re: Bug Tracking 101: Where TFS Blows It

John — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:05:45 -0000

Hey,
looks like many things have changed in TFS since this message has been posted.

is it possible to interact with the TFS via an webservice interface?

regards

John

Re: How to Make a Visio Stencil

D. Lambert — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:41:39 -0000

Bernard - I haven't played with this extensively, but I think if you look at the following doc (near the bottom) it talks about something called the Dynamic Connector, which I believe is what's governing the behavior you're seeing. Hopefully, this doc will get you pointed in the right direction: http://msdn.microsoft.com/e...

Re: How to Make a Visio Stencil

Bernard — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:50:40 -0000

Turning the background transparent was a lot of help. If I manually attach connectors to points, everything looks fine. For some reason connectors are still being obscured by the fame of the object if I allow them to snap with the red frame on. This is not the case with shapes that come with Visio. With native shapes, the connectors always touch the object itself no matter how odd the shape. Can you help?

Re: Nothing short of world domination will do

Dining Room Furniture — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:33:41 -0000

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Re: Use .htaccess to redirect from Drupal to WordPress

Jordi Cabot — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:58:51 -0000

check http://modeling-languages.c... to see how to crop the url in drupal to get only the last part and use this as permalink in wordpress. Then the redirection plugin in wordpress could be configured to redirect all former links to the new ones.