Comments for David Woods http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca Security, Tip, Tricks, Beer Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Dropping my MVP by david.woods http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-536 david.woods Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:26:24 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-536 AlexK: People wanted to know why I was not interested in the program. This post is explaining my reasoning. AlexK: People wanted to know why I was not interested in the program. This post is explaining my reasoning.

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by AlexK http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-525 AlexK Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:59:43 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-525 Man, you have guts, that's for sure. As an ex-MVP, I can not help but say that you are making excellent points! However, one thing is not clear to me: what is the purpose of this communication? You have spent considerable time writing this thing up, and answering questions, but why? What are trying to accomplish by this post? Man, you have guts, that’s for sure. As an ex-MVP, I can not help but say that you are making excellent points! However, one thing is not clear to me: what is the purpose of this communication? You have spent considerable time writing this thing up, and answering questions, but why?

What are trying to accomplish by this post?

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by The Microsoft MVP Summit | Brent Ozar – Too Much Information | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-517 The Microsoft MVP Summit | Brent Ozar – Too Much Information | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:03:28 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-517 [...] Microsoft employees and future product plans.  These days, that’s not really the case.  As David Woods wrote when he quit the MVP program, some of the NDA’d Microsoft material is basic marketing content for future product [...] [...] Microsoft employees and future product plans.  These days, that’s not really the case.  As David Woods wrote when he quit the MVP program, some of the NDA’d Microsoft material is basic marketing content for future product [...]

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by Anonymous http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-507 Anonymous Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:47:57 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-507 TFS is crap. Use SVN/GIT/Mercurial with Team City and save yourself a maintenance nightmare. Silverlight is crap. I would rather use Flex, and even then, Flex sucks, too. Biztalk is crap. Look at NServiceBus or Rhino Service Bus. Get away from the stupid hub and spoke model and the need for specialized (and costly) resources. Webforms is crap. MVC should have been the first, and only, design pattern for ASP.NET web development. Webforms support should be completely dropped. Entity Framework is crap. Use NHibernate. MVP is crap. 99% of you MVP guys have got your heads up your ass. Don't bother responding, I just came across this at random and won't be returning. TFS is crap. Use SVN/GIT/Mercurial with Team City and save yourself a maintenance nightmare.

Silverlight is crap. I would rather use Flex, and even then, Flex sucks, too.

Biztalk is crap. Look at NServiceBus or Rhino Service Bus. Get away from the stupid hub and spoke model and the need for specialized (and costly) resources.

Webforms is crap. MVC should have been the first, and only, design pattern for ASP.NET web development. Webforms support should be completely dropped.

Entity Framework is crap. Use NHibernate.

MVP is crap. 99% of you MVP guys have got your heads up your ass.

Don’t bother responding, I just came across this at random and won’t be returning.

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by Kyle Baley http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-490 Kyle Baley Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:05:32 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-490 Mike: This is eerie. I have a friend who wanted to renounce his US citizenship and the response he got from whatever government department he talked to was almost word for word the same one you just gave. Mike: This is eerie. I have a friend who wanted to renounce his US citizenship and the response he got from whatever government department he talked to was almost word for word the same one you just gave.

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by Orgon http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-486 Orgon Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:50:42 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-486 Now that is a real statement! Great job! Now that is a real statement! Great job!

]]> Comment on WCF Message Streaming by rapid prototype http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2008/04/14/wcf-message-streaming#comment-245 rapid prototype Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:54:49 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2008/04/14/wcf-message-streaming.aspx#comment-245 I had to tweak the buffer size a bit, other than that this method worked great for me when my file size was about 80MB and larger. I really noticed the quicker speed when I streamed a 200MB file using basicHttpBinding. Way faster! I had to tweak the buffer size a bit, other than that this method worked great for me when my file size was about 80MB and larger. I really noticed the quicker speed when I streamed a 200MB file using basicHttpBinding. Way faster!

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by Mike http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-483 Mike Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:34:34 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-483 Sounds like the only problem here is that MS let you into the program.<br /><br />Take your toys and go home. Maybe you can join the Eclipse MVP program. Sounds like the only problem here is that MS let you into the program.

Take your toys and go home. Maybe you can join the Eclipse MVP program.

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by James the Cynic http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-482 James the Cynic Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:57:58 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-482 Blimey all of a sudden all these MVPs suddenly appear out of the woodwork, some in technology areas I've worked in a lot. The conclusion seems to be as with all things Microsoft, inconsistency, obfuscation and confusion. The original post I think is largely spot-on as far as my experience has been in various product areas - and even amongst them it can vary. As for whether it gets you work or not, I think that might be more from the unquantifiable networking point of view - certainly if I was recruiting or looking to give work to someone, MVP Status would NOT in itself swing me in that person's favour - writing non-production code samples and endlessly replying to newsgroup posts to tell the O/P that they've posted in the wrong forum a good programmer doth not necessarily make. Saying that I have listened to talks and read posts by some truly awesome MVPs who provide the missing link between those holed up in the MS developer pits and us earthlings who have to make things work in production without the benefit of a direct to line to someone who has a direct line to the person who wrote that bit of the product that didn't quite get documented properly and may not even work properly. Blimey all of a sudden all these MVPs suddenly appear out of the woodwork, some in technology areas I’ve worked in a lot. The conclusion seems to be as with all things Microsoft, inconsistency, obfuscation and confusion. The original post I think is largely spot-on as far as my experience has been in various product areas – and even amongst them it can vary. As for whether it gets you work or not, I think that might be more from the unquantifiable networking point of view – certainly if I was recruiting or looking to give work to someone, MVP Status would NOT in itself swing me in that person’s favour – writing non-production code samples and endlessly replying to newsgroup posts to tell the O/P that they’ve posted in the wrong forum a good programmer doth not necessarily make. Saying that I have listened to talks and read posts by some truly awesome MVPs who provide the missing link between those holed up in the MS developer pits and us earthlings who have to make things work in production without the benefit of a direct to line to someone who has a direct line to the person who wrote that bit of the product that didn’t quite get documented properly and may not even work properly.

]]> Comment on Dropping my MVP by Rob http://www.haveyougotwoods.ca/2011/02/02/dropping-my-mvp#comment-481 Rob Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:35:04 +0000 http://haveyougotwoods.com/archive/2011/02/02/Dropping-my-MVP.aspx#comment-481 Kudos! Just want to say I think this is one of the best actions I saw in a long time from an MVP. You got balls :) Kudos! Just want to say I think this is one of the best actions I saw in a long time from an MVP. You got balls :)

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