As a regular reader of this blog, you probably remember we discussed at various occasions the ability to query, update and create Microsoft Office documents, using the DataDirect...

The image of the herald is one that pervades Western culture. The Biblical image of the archangel Gabriel announcing the forthcoming births of both John the Baptist and Jesus is one that Christians are very familiar...

I'm a propeller head - or at least, I used to be one until I traded in my cap for a marketeer's (sic) fez. My techie colleagues have been mostly forgiving of my decision to "sell out" on my former role as a technical support engineer. They have mercifully opted to forgo making references to cliches...

Or rather, pick on them, but save some energy for others committing the same SOA infrastructure crimes.

A lot of commotion around Microsoft "missing the SOA boat" in the blogosphere over the last couple of days. I find it interesting on a number of levels.

Why only pick on...