April 2006 Blog Posts
Scenario : I have a .NET 1.1 console application that connects to a SQL 2000 database, queries some data and spews it out to a text file. This is successfully running on both Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 server. I decide to migrate the project to .NET 2.0, so open the project in VS2005, use the conversion wizard and rebuild. The newly built app works fine on Windows 2003 but not Windows 2000, where I get a connction timeout error. The .NET 1.1 version of the app still works fine on both boxes. I can also create a DSN...
I had an interesting conversation last week about 'Upgrade Inertia' - basically the level of reluctance shown by developers to upgrade their systems to a new version of their development tools or programming framework. For example, upgrading from VS2003 to VS2005 or from Java 1.2 to Java 5.0.
Usually, there are two spikes in a chart of migration over time. The first occurs as soon as a product appears and developers start creating new projects with it. The second tends to occur some time after the first service pack has been released for it at which point IT managers of...
BT finally switched on broadband access to the cottage yesterday and sent me their latest wireless router by way of apology. Which was nice as the nearest phone point is nowhere near the computer. What I found interesting about the literature for the router is that Page 1 is holder for the install CD and page 2 starts with 'Once you have installed your router' assuming that the installation is idiot-proof. Which it isn't.
The CD autoruns a very nice set of animated instructions covering what a USB cable is, what a microfilter does and what is going to be...
Well, I'm back online at work at least after a week of visiting Iceland for a few days (photos to follow), moving house and moving office to boot. I won't have connectivity at home until April 19 unfortunately because of a mix up, but I'll still be able to check my mail after hours at work. Lots to code and write about.