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Dolly Talks IE8

Tremendous video from Dolly Parton (that's some website by the way) in which she talks about the virtues of IE8 and gives us a technical backgrounder in web slices.

"Hell - I didn't even know there was a one through seven"

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Silverlight Toolkit on Web Platform Installer

Just noticed that the WebPI now has the Silverlight Toolkit as an install option (it's the October 2009 version). You can still get it from CodePlex too, but this is a handy option for removing that extra bit of friction.

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Whitepaper: PHP on Windows

Just saw this today - over at iBuildings, they've published a whitepaper on the options for installing and managing PHP on Windows.

The paper can be found here and the TOC looks like:
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Where we came from
  • Why Windows?
  • Why PHP over .NET
  • Web Server Choices
  • Deploying and Managing PHP
  • Microsoft Web Platform Installer
  • Beyond the Install
  • Conclusion
Some interesting options if you're running PHP but would prefer a Windows infrastructure. Not sure I agree with some of the reasoning for choosing PHP over Windows (Sourceforge is not the only place to find community projects) but the main thrust of the paper is not about that.

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WebsiteSpark Launches!

This morning, @scottgu announced (to interesting speculation) the launch of WebsiteSpark - the latest in the portfolio of *Spark programs. All of these programs are aimed at providing access to platform and tools depending on your context.

In this case it's about small professional web dev and design companies. If that's you then you can go to the WebsiteSpark site to sign up but before you do that you might want to know what you get. Essentially, that is (from the FAQ):
  • Design Tools/Development Tools/Testing Tools. Each Web Pro firm will be entitled to :
    • Visual Studio® 2008 Professional Edition 3 user licenses
    • Expression® Studio 2 (or 3) 1 user license, available only to the Primary Contact for the Web Pro
    • Expression® Web 2 (or 3) 2 user licenses
    • Windows Web Server® 2008 (or Windows Web Server 2008 R2 when available) 3 user licenses
    • SQL Server® 2008 Web 3 user license
  • Production and Deployment. If self-hosting, each Web Pro firm will be entitled to four processor production licenses each (requires enrollment in SPLA Essentials):
    • Windows Web Server® 2008 (or Windows Web Server 2008 R2, when available)
    • SQL Server® 2008 Web
  • The eligibility criteria are also in the FAQ and are:
    • Professional firms whose primary business is providing Web development and design services for their customers.
    • Web Pro firms must have 10 or less members (including owners, employees, and contractors).
    In addition, Web Pros must be willing to:
    • Develop and deploy at least one new Web site using Microsoft tools and servers within six months after enrollment, and report it and other new sites to Microsoft.
    • If not already a member, enroll in the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN, formerly known as the Microsoft Partner Program) as part of program participation.

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