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Month: April 2007

40′ Satellite Dishes and other things

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Cory Foy

In a recent post I talked about the house I grew up in, which had, among other things, a 40′ satellite dish (one of 5 working dishes) in addition to two towers, tracking domes and a whole treasure trove of cool electronic gear. I had several people comment that it was hard to believe, so just…

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Call me anything you want…except in Quebec

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Cory Foy

My official title is “Premier Field Engineer” which means that I travel a lot working with our customers who hold Premier contracts. Because of the world-wide nature of our business, we sometimes have to travel to different places. This often means that we have to deal with different cultures. Turns out we now have to…

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Using Team System with WSS 3.0

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Cory Foy

Brian Keller has posted the notes from the presentation on converting Team Foundation Server to use WSS v3.0. I’d personally still recommend teams wait until Orcas when 3.0 should be baked in, but if it is a need in your organization, here’s the info. 

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I’ve been tagged…

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Cory Foy

Oh dear. I’ve been tagged by Alan Ridlehoover. I’ve seen it go around, and I figured once it got past Brady Gaster I’d be safe, but I guess not. So, here’s 5 things you may not know about me: 1. Like Alan, I am a drummer. And a Guitar player. And a keyboardist. And a bassist. In…

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Tech Support and Profits

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Cory Foy

Recently I was looking through some stuff, and found a quote I posted from Kelly Anderson on the Maverick Software Development list: Quality in real money terms (and that is the way we keep score in business) is the inverse of the expense of technical support. If technical support is a profit center, then quality…

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