Mary Jo Foley whose currently in Seattle at the Microsoft MVP summit has learned that “Microsoft plans to release by the end of this summer the Foxpro “Sedna” bits as Shared Source on its CodePlex code-repository site”. For the complete article check out the source.

Today Microsoft released SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. I personally have been waiting quite sometime for this update to come out as it fixes compatibility for Windows Vista. Hopefully we will not have to wait that long for Visual Studio 2005 service pack 1 for Windows Vista to be released.

Heath Stewart has made a nice how to on his MSDN blog on how to slipstream visual studio 2005 SP1. Its only a three step process to get everything up and working. Please make sure to read the notes at the bottom of the post for some valuable information.

Today, Microsoft released Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 available for download immediately.

WPF/E is a way in which developers can deliver a rich user experience through the web browser. This content can be only accessed after a user downloads a browser plug-in, thankfully these plug-ins will work on Firefox, IE, and Safari. Microsoft has provided those who want to learn more about WPF/E with screencasts.