Ok, my blog is not as big as ScottGu's. If, you did not get to his blog, chances are you'll not see this too :P

The news that broke yesterday from ScottGu's office is that they're planning to release the source code for most of the pieces of .Net framework library with Visual Studio 2008 (code named: Orcas) which is due Feb 2008.

This will help you in stepping into the source code to see what and how your instruction is being executed. Well... to most of the extent.

To me, the most useful aspect of this is. Now, there'll *hopefully* be less WorseThanFailure entries from .Net source code. As developers learn (or try to peep at how they do it) how to code.

If you think of using the code, you might very well be in soup or whatever you don't like. This is only for reference purposes and *should* not be copy/pasted into your source code. Else, you'll be chased down the aisle by the ghosts and you might lose you job.

You've been warned twice. Now, sit back and wait for them to release this.

Oh... you wanted to original link is it. Here goes it.

Not in the top 10, but made it to the list... sigh!!!

Btw, if any of you know if Beer is included... let me know :D

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The new version of Live Search makes landmark progress in two critical areas.  First, at the core, the technology that delivers relevant search has improved dramatically.  Second, they have focused on additional innovation in four key search experiences: Entertainment, Health, Local, and Shopping.

· At the core:  Massive improvements have been made in five areas to help deliver results as good as any engine on the planet.  The team has increased the index by over 4x which delivers better coverage; improved the rich answers (try these queries: traffic, Frank Sinatra);  made improvements to query intent which solves for misspelled and plural words, and better gets to what users are searching for; improved RankNet, the neural net technology that helps determine the top results; and made key user interface improvements that present tools and results that are easy to use and help navigate to the right content more quickly. 

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· Health:  With the acquisition of MedStory earlier this year, they are able now to bring trusted content in a unique experience to the Live Search users.  (Try diabetes at health.live.com)

· Local:  They have dramatically improved local listings, mapping, printed directions, and the user interface to make the award winning local and mapping even better.  (try your favorite type of cuisine and a city, or directions the next time you need to)

· Shopping:  Now you can search for a product or a product category (try Palm Treo 650 or the category “digital cameras”) and utilize not just the rich answer, but the expanded opinion index that intelligently crawls review sites and abstracts the pros and cons as well as the topics that drive the online conversation.