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Raymond: SUN has 9 months to survive   15   Stupid Office Question   10   Versions: planning or features   15   Crystal Book   22   Web Applications vs Desktop Applications   13   Electronic Whiteboard   1   Help using odbcconf   3   change windows system process priority   25   Your Opinion of Test Question Value   1   NYTimes spoof   36   Business Names   17   JavaScript   3   fantastic - new on-line game   3   C# rules!.... well, that is, in a .NET app.   28   Visual Studio 2005 Express pricing   7   Speech Recognition: alternative to bulky M$ ?   16   What we want, what we really, really want   22   The phrase "bet the company" -arrgh   12   man man   23   Advice for quitting a partnership 29 Jun 2004  33   Who is on fire?   10   Asymmetric encryption, limited usage?   74   Visual Studio Express   29   Now I know where the word geek comes from   11   Migrating mail from Eudora to Outlook   4   beowulf in Virtual PC   5   Simple Win2K admin question   2   informations on some projects   34   Windows & Time   9   Even Microsoft are silly sometimes   21   https tracking - public privacy enemy #1   9   IMAP host reccomendations? 28 Jun 2004  29   Technical book publishers   8   General Interface's...well, interface.   15   Joel Is a Man on Fire!!   15   Easy way to infect IIS server   10   JavaScript book? A respectable one?   7   Anyone have positive experience w/remote SW work?   19   C/C++ portability wisdom?   14   Experiences with XP "Automated Testing" ?   5   Book recommendations on Unit testing?   6   Electronic Medical Records   30   My word processing experience   26   Advice on Source Control/Code Repository   4   Terminal Services Question (2003)   14   Trademarks   17   Why 'http://WWP" and not "http://www"?   26   Can you be a good C++ or Java teacher if you ...   7   Good Freelancing Sites   5   Fear of computer upgrade   25   Microsoft office rant   7   One way to teach C++   3   Re: Java Interview   15   Windows Update Rant   64   House prices (off-topic)   3   good crossplatform installers   31   SWT is hot!   24   What does SharePoint actually do? 27 Jun 2004  8   Small Business Owners: What do you pay yourself?   14   Afraid of success   12   Best practices archiving digital photos   23   Extremely experienced programmer for hire   14   I am starting a new job tomorrow...   21   Opinions/knowledge about sleeping aids...   36   $20 doesn't buy jack anymore   12   Upgradable API standards?   1   Shareyourexperiences.com website 26 Jun 2004  11   event-driven php web app   41   Pranks on people's computers   7   Java-flavored cpan type site?   41   Blogs written by geeks are boring and too topical   18   Administrative account on windows?   6   Microsoft didn't bet the company on .Net after all 25 Jun 2004  8   Here's a what if   10   Dell Touchpad   11   Ending the process under Windows   12   Building a process   15   Uhh... What does ISV stand for?   21   Question to ask interviewers   21   Linux at work?   60   DBAs vs. Coders   9   A good reading on Web usability   3   Selectively disabling Alt-F4   7   How to accept credit card payments?   2   Windows XP Disk Caching ISsue?   20   The Sales Volume Myth   8   Answered his own question?   18   Not a bug?   30   Open Source accountancy software   8   European formats in HTML input text boxes   31   Anybody know anything about SAS   7   Comdex   6   Microsoft Backwards Compatibility Religion not   10   Mac OS X security myth exposed 24 Jun 2004  8   Dennis Forbes' new IIS hole?   33   Optimize this:   32   Another C question.   13   New IIS Hole Pt 2   11   New Lingo Beta   22   managing with C++   13   GPS receivers for laptop? Software?   2   Adding files/folders to VS project   10   Interview Tips for STE Position @ MS   5   Maps and Multiple Destinations   6   Wicker Furniture, ha ha ha   15   Best IDE for HCI (GUI) course   7   .net Global Assembly Cache   21   I wanna be a grey beard   2   vbscript event handling question   24   Web Application Development Best Practices   17   To all those who berated Dell in an earlier thread   16   Today was a slow day in India   4   Question about searching online court records   5   Quickie Bourne shell question   14   Java: can't reduce inherited method visibility   5   WinXP Systray Date Control, Online Image Editors   13   Hotmail gets Hotter   5   Foldaway natural keyboard   21   This is why software will continue to suck.   14   "Sometimes the server doesn't come back up"   18   Converting no capital into code?   5   GotoAssist vs RapidAssist vs ?   7   Download manager   20   MySQL license with fogbugz...   5   Impt. or relevance of ur ug institute in apps???   11   Why Web based apps SUCK!   18   Confidentiality/Non Compete Agreements? 23 Jun 2004  22   "Father" of ASCII dead.   18   Language-aware diff tools?   49   Job searching as a less-than-ideal candidate   9   flash based MP3 player - durable enough?   3   plan9, diskless workstations, then web apps.?   3   Starting an application on boot up   11   Virtual PC / Redhat meltdown   17   Customizing DOS prompt?   4   Running .Net code on the client browser?   2   .net Smart Clients   14   The software ecosystem   28   Resume Writing   24   GMail Marketing Blunder?   4   Access to SQL Server migration   1   Browser check if is Use HTTP 1.1 enabled   12   XML Schema Design   14   Why does Windows server degrade?   8   Abstraction Layers   27   I am nostalgic about the fuss over COM   18   Virtual DVD Writer?   22   New Halloween Memo   12   so after the api wars, what have we got?   43   Apple's iPod   14   Innovation, Productivity, and Abstraction   9   Great CSS resources   14   Am I a Java or C++ programmer   6   [ASP.NET] Forwarding POST information   15   CVS : impossible to use ???   1   VB6 to .Net User Controls   31   Lookup tables vs. explicit values?   19   C#/.NET (Vague Troll)   24   Another reply to "How MS Lost the API war"   12   More API wars (sorry) 22 Jun 2004  6   Centrino 2.0Ghz(Dothan) vs Pentium 3.4 laptop   21   "Sharepoint... Sharepoint! which nobody has"   8   Dell Computers   14   Don Box replies to "How MS lost the API war."   28   Swing to MFC   18   Code Comlete 2nd Edition   14   How much RAM for XP?   18   Database in-memory   3   Modelling Program Structure with UML   19   New IIS Hole?   20   Windows File System   17   Induce Act - Shall we outlaw pen & paper?   7   .NET book reccommendation   26   What is Joel up to ?   5   single sign on recommendations   25   Linux distribution   45   Respect to Eric   7   Tablet PC Recommendations 21 Jun 2004  27   Working in Canada?   29   Xbox 2 will not be backward compatible   16   Why are Smart Phones better then a PDA + Cell Phon   23   Why can't we separate Free from OpenSource?   4   user access   6   Why should I buy from specialty resellers   30   The RedHat Enterprise Linux monopoly?   13   firefox - grrhh   1   REL and REV attributes for <a>   22   8 yr old game designer needs some tools   4   Joel's recent writings - reading between the lines   7   Good and cheap POP3 COM/.Net components?   6   Multiple sandboxes in VSS - how?   8   HL2 hackers arrested... but who cares   22   Portable Business logic ?   2   OpenAdaptor, what's the motive?   12   Scoble's latest news. His browser...   51   Byte shift   8   Shakespeare Programming Language   13   Prince II - Project Management   13   Microsoft plans to sink LINUX using FAT patents   5   IE is Broken   8   One thrird maginal life rate 20 Jun 2004  28   HELP! Overcoming procrastination   10   VS.NET bugginess negates productivity gains?   15   Did spyware kill shareware?   5   The IE Team Let out of the Dungeon   4   What are the opportunities for Freelance .NET dev   3   What's a RSS feed ?   8   Programming Meade Telescope   2   customizing WebBrowser control   3   Mixing managed and unmanaged C++ performance 19 Jun 2004  12   Microsoft is ruining the internet   17   GMail?  Heck No !! I've Got Redif Mail!   12   Making my own browser   2   Designers vs Programmers   26   So let me get this straight...   17   problem with Firefox   9   Ultimate Forum/Forum Master?   10   Have I got them right?   13   Need a free mp3->Wav converter   7   Web - Single Rendering/Executing Vendor   2   Old, forgotten HTTP replacements?   1   XP SP 2 & The Richness of Web Applications   7   Curl answered Joel's requirements in 1997?   2   Asmw PC-Optimizer pro   14   Non-halting regular expressions?   14   Killer App(s) for Desktop PCs   6   YAR (Yet Another Rant) 18 Jun 2004  7   mozilla future   2   I miss gnutella.com...   7   Distributing Joel's New Browser   16   Sharepoint! which nobody has ????   11   Windows Service Pack 2 and You.   24   Shocker: Pay rates for .NET developers   13   Why does the "bloat" have to continue?   5   Would compiled Javascript work?   21   Real use of CSS   30   Why does Windows slow down over time?   8   Getting "out of the dark"   7   ERP   13   Rebates? Not yet?   4   Making web applications work better   10   Calculating Task Periodic Rate   9   Encapsulation--to what extent?   11   GUI for multiple child mutiple parent   9   A few idiotic Windows network Q's   15   The ocean is already boiling Joel   34   strings in C++   4   Joel's plea for contenteditable   6   Leaky Abstractions, part 2   12   Are people using .NET? +Some slick software...   13   Needed: C++ IDE   8   How Microsoft Lost..: Andrew Shulman said it first   1   accessing active directory through JNDI   37   Why Web apps Won't rule the world   5   Where have all the old posts gone?   7   Saving the API: Should Microsoft back WINE?   4   MFC   2   Better web apps: Bytesloaded and Bytestotal   5   DHTML   4   Employee search   20   Writing code is dead   6   Content Editable   4   on "How Microsoft Lost..."   7   Hosted source control   5   Why the browser? 17 Jun 2004  3   Browser Accessibility (Section 508)   5   REST assured   6   Windows Progress Dialogs   8   New browser feature   10   What I want in JavaScript   2   3 in a row.   11   Richer Client-Side Persistence   3   Backwards Compatibility   14   Is this wrong?   10   Rebuild from Scratch   3   Cool icons   2   Recommendations for a good book on MS Excel?   12   Is MS really a boogey man?   7   memory management   10   64 bit Processors   14   1 GB E Mail war begins   6   API wars and .net   1   HTML editor issue   9   Icon design reccomendations?   5   Professional Services Marketing Tips   23   Memmory management   27   $36 million to upgrade to something that's free?   5   What about apps dependant on IE?   15   The API wars: rich client apps in Java?   10   The misnomer "thin clients"   14   How much time you spend here   4   The real reason for using Firefox   9   Empower ISV - UK   5   API Wars - Microsoft and the Enterprise   6   Need todo and contacts manager   24   Building HTML user interfaces TODAY   14   Why Apple and Sun Can't Sell Computers   37   Programmers won't automate their own tasks - why?   4   javascript socket server?   7   Browser Rants   6   Importing from Eudora 6.0 to Outlook 2k3   6   API Wars - Microsoft not learning from IBM   38   Firefox - First Go   8   Tools in Source Control   20   Software Development Ethics   17   setting form's enctype to 'multipart/form-data' 16 Jun 2004  19   Why microsoft lost the API war.   17   "New API is HTML", but "IE is dead"   8   MS to sell anti-virus software   35   UI question   15   perhaps slightly lighter fare than usual   17   Highly Readable Fonts?   7   "Never rewrite", applied to APIs   15   Why people really prefer webmail...   6   Visual Studio Team -vs- FogBugz, et al   11   API War: Joel goes into the weeds   20   Is company loyalty dead?   9   Incoming Slashdotters   17   Poll: web applicationss you DO use   3   LDAP versus Database for Query   41   How Microsoft Lost the API War   15   Productivity advances   7   design question- office chairs   18   When is Manual Transmission Better?   6   Skill Development   11   Dynamic Memory Management   17   JOEL stop watering down your prose!   9   Joel as a future Mac user (don't laugh!)   12   Too contentious around here   16   I think I spotted Joel on Channel 9   6   Editing a PDF?   2   sbcglobal.net e-mail bug?   21   a case for non-managed memory   8   Isn't BACKWARD COMPABILITY more important NOW ?   12   The future API is HTML   6   Good article, but...   14   Win32 apps will stop after Longhorn   6   So the future is...?   24   Racing car aficionados ...   26   Summary of Joel's Latest Article   5   Any advice on *good* Windows Scripting books   1   Backwards Compatability   6   Rich clients and wavy lines   5   One Runtime to Rule Them All   5   Joel,good to see you're writing real articles agai   2   History really IS written by the winners   3   scripting languages IDE   2   Consumer Voting   5   Air Supply   31   How the browser competition REALLY happened   5   Wiki Doc Management System   6   Abort, Retry, Fail ?   12   Removing the anti-reflective coating from a CRT   6   The difference between a KEY and an INDEX in MySQL   20   Customizing yourself   7   free bug tracking   12   outsourcing development   2   Measuring performance   12   Tabbed browsers - what about Avant browser?   5   Good DNS Host Recommendations?   49   Work relationship turned sour, I MEAN REAL SOUR!   8   0% of 2.0GB -- yahoo's preemptive strike   13   Interview with Scott Collins from Mozilla.org   4   Trading Places and Being There   5   Windows like Web Apps (Oddpost.com) 15 Jun 2004  5   Instant Messenger File Transfer to MAC from a PC   8   Software architect   10   MS Access and VS.NET   12   QA process for games   5   On Win2k3   10   Will Oracle be my breakthrough?   15   Another European City migrates to Linux   8   Intel IT Management Game   15   WEB applications   3   Struts And XUL   12   Cretaceous Hiring   26   I need a new monitor   36   Nibbles, Words, DWords, Pints, Quarts...   19   Detecting duplicate code   13   U.S. declines to create do-not-spam list   26   Poll: www.foxnews.com redesign   25   Maybe It's Not That Bad....   4   A lame question: understanding namespaces   12   "Trivial" Things   5   OT: are some web hosts worse for spam than others?   29   Firefox 0.9 has bad UI problems   14   Good Strategy, Joel!   15   Web applications   13   Paper prototyping - drawing tools   24   He is back, He is back   23   All is revealed   26   CVS : I can't imagine using it...   15   Philo are you a brown-noser?   24   About outsourcing   10   100 MB on Yahoo Mail, free service   14   Looking for URLS of sites like this one   13   Speed of development   11   Where's Joel ?   7   Vonage VoIP 14 Jun 2004  7   XML to XML, XSLT question   40   Coder To Developer book   5   Recent Graduate   12   Java Interview   14   Video Capture?   6   Bridging gap b/t high and low level design   14   detecting a sinking public corp?   36   Tech Interview Rant   54   Ethics of running an online forum...   2   Didn't Joel Have an Article About...   17   Today's Provocative Question...   16   Windows CVS Clients   17   jobs are back?   11   When is joel coming to Europe?   20   Good reading while Joel is on sebatacle.   12   Looking for advice on web spidering app   16   Engineering   27   Stupid CS Exam Questions   17   Retro Computers   7   When will domain name registrars shape up?   13   announcement   1   Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 and C-Runtime   10   Microsoft CRM   15   China, the next Soviet Union?   15   PHP Email   8   How does MS maintain cross-platform source code? 13 Jun 2004  26   Ph. D. Material   8   Random numbers in a fixed distribution?   26   After the POLL...   5   CRC calculation when using FTP   19   Why leave vowels out of variable names?   31   What will they come up with next? 12 Jun 2004  8   Microsoft Visual C++ for free?   24   Reality check on programming 'test'   11   Gmail technical implimentation   19   "X years of experience in Y"   5   has anyone out there written....   30   POLL : Do you enjoy being a programmer ? 11 Jun 2004  10   Where can I find just data models   69   Where are all the new jobs?   10   JOS Disaster recovery plan...   13   Using a debugger for Perl or Php   5   servlet based pop3 reader?   11   Questions for a Remote Contractor   26   C++ and accessors--what's the deal with the names?   37   new grads   21   LCD Displays Ruin Color Scheme   5   Rolling Logs in log4net or log4j?   37   Number line -> Complex plane -> ? Space   18   Eric's Marketing Idea: "Blog your dev." Opinions?   16   Got an internet accessible CVS setup?   11   Excel automation with locked workstation?   14   Stock photos   4   London JUG   23   Questioning the masters   16   N-Tier stuff   1   Personal Experiences in Testing/Documenting 10 Jun 2004  26   My custom JOS Reader.   18   WAS: Becoming a C _developer_   8   interesting little tidbit on HTTP   23   GMail - when ?   3   Word search special character for cells ?   7   CVS versioning & WAR files mapping   12   Replacing an EXE on the fly...   11   Reflection on/in Interview...   14   dot - the movie   24   Water cooler   36   Has the role of ....   2   PowerPoint. How to define objects within.   6   Recording sound on a webpage?   27   DataStructure for Thoughts   29   Why Not Use Diagrams and Models?   21   Lack of Adaptability   18   Softare and Object Oriented Design   7   Javascript formatted output   23   Oh yes, the public setor   51   Oh No, Not New York again!   18   Just a thought   13   Confused by K&R bitwise section...   7   ISO: flexible, shrink-wrap e-commerce solution 09 Jun 2004  5   Can MSFT still discourage HW manufactuers?   9   Microsoft helping in AIDS Vaccine Research   11   Stoopid question: how to download MS patches?   31   Yup the problem is not patching   42   Joining the French Foreign Legion   8   Internet connectivity on the road   42   IT Salaries in Europe   13   Deprecated Java Platform Classes   22   What's a Good Perl IDE?   27   Hiring programmers: pragmatic advice?   11   too close for comfort   10   Oracle Development book recommendation   14   Correct term please   11   Google: the search system is just a preparation fo   40   caught someone in office?   27   Avoiding Indecisiveness   11   First or last presentation meeting   18   project from hell, and no one to blame but myself   9   How did VMWare do it?   15   Value of resume database? 08 Jun 2004  23   Thanks for the spam   32   challenging SQL question   6   DIY Hard drive data recovery   10   Where to get feedback on website   11   Exposing Options   12   Sound   15   Decompiling .class files. Is it an issue?   26   How GPA affects job prospects?   20   How much does the recruiter take?   11   Good news   24   Good alternative to VB's IDE?   2   STUN RFC   7   Lluna, browser-location based chat   3   OT: Venus Transit 2004   18   Website Removes Browser Functionality   10   SW development feels like homework?   23   Betting your company on .NET   26   Lazyness   5   Passing ADO Connection pointer from VB to VC   49   I am fragile 07 Jun 2004  15   Hogging two spots (a not patented? UI idea)   29   Monumental Incompetency- Part TWO   6   Lemme guess, you can do it in .Net   7   Windows suspend process   13   MD5 - How do I use this to Compare?   10   Sulking?   29   Getting hit by a bus   17   XP Unzip like WinZip right-click?   22   Merger of Microsoft-SAP almost came through   10   Joel on software meet at teched europe   13   "Quality Assurance"   11   How to rearrange Windows Menu?   11   You guys must love me by now...   14   Windows wireless trouble   17   Postal code databases, with latitude/longitude?   6   Comparing two sound files   15   Home office design for programmers?   2   Free Licenses for Backup Servers   42   Catching undercover posters   16   Daughter needs a laptop - Part II   11   Alternative to formatting   6   XML Spy Home Edition free   8   Please, don't desert me now   54   Whats the deal with these hackers?   11   Multi platform drag and drop 06 Jun 2004  46   Is the tide now going against Open source?   4   Eric Sink -> Law #4: The Law of Perception   20   Another evening wasted   11   What I love about bicycle racing...   12   End users' computers rant   53   Software development in New Zealand?   4   Different pricing models   11   Partnership Agreements   6   Virus / Trojan Weirdness   6   Economics of Porting Software to other OSes   5