It’s been a few days since I last wrote anything. Turns out that keeping a blog is a lot of work. Go figure. I have had friends staying with me last weekend, followed by a backpacking trip to Frontenac Park with my younger kids, and then my 16th anniversary to keep me occupied.
Last week I got involved in an interesting discussion with an investor in a local Ottawa company who asked whether I thought .NET would succeed. I think the answer to that is an unqualified yes, and in Parsing .NET I’ve written down my thoughts on why.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
