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I can see dead people (The Sixt Sense, 1999). They are using MFC (1992-…) This was my first thought when I saw the legacy. I cried in silence for a while, but as soon as I found out that crying didn’t help I decided to handle it like a man. A real man. I had [...]

Recently, I followed a discussion about quality of software in zombie mode. Please do understand that not the software – but I – was in zombie mode. The question under discussion was: who is to blame for poor software quality? Is it the business, with their vague requirements? Or maybe the (project)managers, who only care [...]

Yes, I like Microsoft Silverlight 3.0+. Why? Not because of its flashy look. Not because of the abundance of (custom) controls, for example as showcased by the Blacklight Showcase or  Microsoft Silverlight Toolkit. Even not because of Moonlight, for bringing Silverlight to our nerdy linux friends Nope, it is because of the introduction of .NET [...]