This is just a ranting....
I sign up with M1 broadband, mainly because of the unreliability of Wireless@SG, super restrictive corporate network, and potential lack of Internet Access in seminars. Seems that organisers from the other camps thinks that Internet access is so distruptive that since they cannot cut my Internet access, they cut my power supply.
Please... I absorb by taking notes using OneNote, google to suppliment what I do not know, and IM to discuss concepts with my friends. Don't you know that if I listen only, studies shows that I can only absorb 10% of what is being shared. Actual fact, I may just absorb 5%!!! So stop being childish and cut my power supply! We are all ADULTS in the class!
It is very interesting to be attending a technical sales train conducted by trainers on the other side of the fence. I've been through Day 2 of 5, and can really see the effort they have put into their SOA story, and focus they have in the same story, as shown in their product backing, and also the aggressiveness and confidence in knowing and taking advantage of their competitor's weakness, and turning their own weakness around. I'm especially impressed with their virtualisation story.
As I sit there listening, how I wish I can say the same for the side of the camp I'm in, but I guess I just have to wait and see…
But I'm also pretty amused with some of their misconception with Microsoft camp. I'm going to share some of these just for your amusement…
- One of the students ask, "There are more .Net developers than Java developers in the market, so it is difficult to convince the .Net shops to convert". The trainer replied, "Sure, they just took their VB programmers and stamp them with a .Net chop. Schools can teach .Net as it is more primitive, which don't have 2-phase commit, security, [can't remember]".
[Kit]I don’t know which country the student is from, so I'm not sure how much truth is there really, but there isn't any truth in it as far as Singapore is concern, from what I know...
- The Web Services you have created has to be re-written to be used in yukon, the next version of .Net, when it is released.
[Kit]I was thinking to myself, "Huh? What does web services got to do with database? Can your own database host custom developed web services? BTW, Yukon is already out, and they are preparing to release Katmai!"
- You don't find much .Net applications in the market
There are a few others, but I can't recall. But to see them being so ill-informed over the rest of their competitors does show something. But I'll leave that to your own interpretation. But I feel quite sorry for the sales executives, for not being able to know the true story. That, I'm thankful that I'm in a company that is platform neutral. There are still lots of things to learn… :)
I've quickly put together a 4 part series to illustrate how to consume web services in your browser-enabled (not sure if you need to do this if you don't need browser enabled) infopath form without writing a single line of code. The gist is there, but there might be mistakes, as I did this in a hurry to help out a friend. I desperately need to get back to finishing my demo tomorrow.
I'll revisit this series to put in more explaination...
Here are the parts.
Consuming Web Services in InfoPath Part 1: Setting up the Web Services.
Consuming Web Services in InfoPath Part 2: Setting Up the Data Connection
Consuming Web Services in InfoPath Part 3: Designing the Form
Consuming Web Services in InfoPath Part 4: Configuring Form Services
Just took a quick glance on my RSS Feeds, and these two words in the title caught my very tired eyes... "Linq" and "SharePoint"... Gasping for air, and......
Not sure if you know this. I was taking down some presales information using OneNote 2007. There was a time when I need to calculate some man power cost, and I just type in "10 * 800 ="... Hmm... wait, why don't you type that in your OneNote 2007...