November 4, 2009 | The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

In the product end game, every change carries significant risk

Raymond ChenNovember 4, 2009Nov 4, 200911/4/09

One of the things I mentioned in my talk the other week comparing school with Microsoft is that in school, as the deadline approaches, the work becomes increasingly frantic. On the other hand, in commercial software, as the deadline approaches, the rate of change slows down, because the risk of regression outweighs the benefit of the fix. A ...

Good advice comes with a rationale so you can tell when it becomes bad advice

Raymond ChenNovember 4, 2009Nov 4, 200911/4/09

A customer asked for guidance in software design: Is there an issue with creating and using COM objects from a UI thread which was initialized as STA? I have heard that it is a best practice to create and use COM objects on a background thread which is MTA. I would like to have some more information as to why. Any help? (I still have ...

The Old New Thing

November 4, 2009 | The Old New Thing

In the product end game, every change carries significant risk

Good advice comes with a rationale so you can tell when it becomes bad advice

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