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Microsoft Is in Full Listening Mode

I spent a few solid weeks talking to over a dozen customers about Visual Studio, and then reported these findings to Microsoft. The VS product managers were all ears. In the developer space, I found a healthy and active dialogue between customers and Redmond.

The same now seems true for Windows clients, as Microsoft is asking beta testers for advice on the next version of Windows. Now that's how you build software!

The two-part story will be up on http://reddevnews.com soon!

Posted by Doug Barney on January 02, 2007


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