Microsoft and its 2007 series hybrid

Microsoft has been busy piecing together its 2007 series of everything, and I have chosen to jump onto that bandwagon.

Personally, I have been in the tech field since the summer of 1995 -- right before Windows 95 made its debut to the world with Rolling Stones' Start Me Up song blaring all over. As many teens of the time, I felt strongly that the world is an oyster waiting to be swept off its feet. Well, ladies and gents, I am hereby announcing my foray into the world of establishing a better tomorrow.

Effective today, I will be devoting the majority of my at-home/non-work desktop time to pre-release versions of Microsoft's 2006/2007 series software products (well, at least those that I care about). It begins with the February CTP build of Windows Vista, and another pre-release build of Office System 2007. Using freely available tools and documentation on MSDN, I intend on spending this summer learning and developing software exclusively for the .NET Framework 2.0 and family software world. The Visual Studio Express editions, the pre-release versions of WinFX, and XAML tools will grant me access to building the software the world needs tomorrow, today!

For the curious, this rid includes the following software titles (and much more horsepower than is necessary to run Vista with the "Aero Glass" effects turned on):

* Windows Vista, February 2006 CTP build
* Office System 2007, pre-release build
* Internet Explorer 7, pre-release CTP build
* WinAmp 5.x (XP version)
* WinRar 3.x (XP version)
* Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x, for cross-browser stuff (XP version)
* Adobe Acrobat Reader, latest version (XP version)
*** I am still waiting for Vista versions of Firefox, Adobe Reader, and Cisco VPN Client.

In the future, I will make available different applications/utilities that come to mind as relevant and useful.

Bye now.