Windows Splash Screens from 1.01 to Vista

Here is a link to show you all the Splash Screens Microsoft Windows have used from its 1st version 1.01 to Vista.

http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10877_11-61343-1.html

Pictorial History of Microsoft

I found a link which shows the progression of Microsoft from 1994 till date.

http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2007/04/09/why-design-matters-a-pictorial-history-of-microsoft-com.aspx

In Defence of Books

I love reading books and I am a bibliophile (great lover of books). I have also noticed that many IT profesionals don't like reading books as they have someone who does all the work for them, and provides direct solutions, so they do not need to put long hours in reading and learning; thanks to Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com :(

But I am feeling that in order to grow someone has to learn constantly and books are the best medium to do so.

I came across a link which contains an article about "In Defence of Books" and this article is written by Douglas Reilly, he himself has shared his experience about books in the article.

This article talks about that why software professionals need books :)

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/sql-training/sql-server-and-.net-training-and-career-development-part-3/

10th Anniversary of Visual Studio

Please read Somasegar's blog where he talked about the past 10 years and how Visual Studio has evolved.
http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/03/26/visual-studio-turns-10.aspx

Correct version of March 2007 CTP of Orcas

If you have faced problem and getting CRC failed error while extracting March 2007 Orcas CTP .rar files, then you must be following this link. Which has been published on 28-Feb-07 contains 7 .rar files.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=281FCB3D-5E79-4126-B4C0-8DB6332DE26E&displaylang=en>

You must download corrcet version from this link
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B533619A-0008-4DD6-9ED1-47D482683C78&displaylang=en date published 27-Feb-07 contains 9 .rar files and it will extract .vhd successfully.

ORCAS - March 2007 CTP Released

Orcas March 2007 CTP is available.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B533619A-0008-4DD6-9ED1-47D482683C78&displaylang=en