Microsoft is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. Microsoft is known for producing the Windows Operating System, Microsoft Office suite, Xbox gaming ...
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Can a developer get a discount for Microsoft products?
If I would start to focus on the .NET platform and be self-employed, then I probably would like to have some Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2010 licenses just for the development ...
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Microsoft's Software Development Engineer in Test position [closed]
I was curious about MS's Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) position. I've heard a lot of people speak negatively and positively about this position. I was wondering if any current or ...
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Is it difficult to get a job at Microsoft? [closed]
I'm curious how difficult it really is to get a job working for Microsoft. Is Microsoft similar to Google in a sense that they hire people who are really good at programming?
Also, does participating ...
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Anyone who has taken 70-515 TS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam?
I'm planning to take 70-515 exam and I can't find any training kit for it from MS press at the moment. Therefore, I'm reading the book for 70-562 which covers framework 3.5. I would like to know if ...
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if I use .NET Framework for my application, do I have to pay anything to Microsoft?
I am planning to develop an enterprise application using .NET Framework. I will sell that application to other companies. Do I have to make any payment to Microsoft, like royalties or something else?
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Why do so few large websites run a Microsoft stack?
Off the top of my head, I can think of a handful of large sites which utilize the Microsoft stack
Microsoft.com
Dell
MySpace
PlentyOfFish
StackOverflow
Hotmail, Bing, WindowsLive
However, based ...
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What programming language was used to develop Windows OS? [closed]
I am very new to programming and I have started to learn programming just last week. I am still having trouble understanding about programming languages, especially what to use in a particular system.
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INI files or Registry or personal files?
I want to save the configuration of my project which includes
Screen size
Screen position
Folder paths
Users settings and so on.
The standard places where you can save these are configuration ...
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Sql Server: Compact and LocalDB Denali
Does anyone knows the differences between these ones?
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions/express.aspx (Look for CTP3 LocalDB in the page)
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Does anyone know when Microsoft PDC for 2011 will be, and where?
I've been looking, but can't find anything about PDC 2011 except for a mention of it Engadget, which said it was going to be in September.
Is there anyone here who knows more?
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Can I use metro style interface in my own web application?
I am wondering if I would need to license the Metro style or if I can just freely use it in my own applications. I mean, is it patented or protected in any way that would prevent me from building my ...
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The need for source control software - Team Foundation Server? or something different?
Recently,
Here at the company, more than one programmer was appointed in charge for a LightSwitch(C#) software development project and immediately there was a need of some sort of source ...
