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Dear Subscriber Following customer feedback we are pleased to announce that Microsoft will be creating new MSDN media language packs. The purpose of these new language packs is to provide you with a choice and enable you to receive only the languages you require. This is an alternative to the curren…
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TestDriven.NET 2.7 on Orcas Express!

I’m happy to report that TestDriven.NET is working on Orcas Express! If you’d like to try out the new C# 3.0/VB 9.0 language features without installing the full Visual Studio Orcas Edition then now’s your chance. You should find this version works with Visual C#, VB and C++ Orcas Express CTP/.NET 3.5 Beta 1. Due to some changes Microsoft made to Orcas it works even more seamlessly than it does in Visual Studio 2005 Express!

NOTE: There is a chance this functionality will be disabled at 4 PM London time next Friday, 1 June 2007. Why find a technical solution to a problem when you have an army of lawyers?

Microsoft vs TestDriven.NET - 06 June 2007

Today Microsoft kindly extended my deadline by 24 hours so that I could further consult my lawyers. So far they have done a very good job of keeping the pressure on. This isn’t simply a case of knocking out a quick email Pirate Bay style!

Before I released support for Visual Studio Express, I made a point of carefully reading the Express EULA. After reading it I was confident that the technique I was using wasn’t in breach of the license. I am now acutely aware that if I turn out to be wrong I could end up losing everything. This isn’t a situation that any developer wants to find themselves in.

Unfortunately the alternative to fighting this is bowing down to a vague catchall clause. I am an anxious person and don’t want live in fear of this kind of thing.