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Windows Home Server: Not for MSDN Subscribers

I have been waiting for Windows Home Server since Microsoft announced the product.  I have been anxious to download it through my MSDN subscription and test it out.  As long time user, fan, and programmer of Microsoft technologies, I like to investigate their products so that I can recommend products to fill the needs of my clients, friends, and family. 

Someone I work with was showing me his copy of Home Server, which he purchased.  Very excited to test it for myself, I went out to MSDN, only to find that it is not available on MSDN.  After a little searching, I found this blog that talks about why WHS is not available on MSDN.
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February 8, 2008 Posted by Broken Bokken | .Net, Personal | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

.Net Dojo: Parameter Lists

I once attended a Microsoft Technet Event where they were showing off the new (at the time) .Net 3.0 features. As a self-taught .Net developer, I’m always looking for little tricks and shortcuts and cool things that make my life easier. As I watched the Demo, one thing I noticed was they were using a method that allowed for the use of an infinate number of parameters of the same type. I went home after the conference and immediately began researching what this infinate parameter was and how to use it in my own methods.
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January 28, 2008 Posted by Broken Bokken | .Net | , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments