[Via ZDNet] It looks like Microsoft is planning the release of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP.
Windows XP SP3 will be available sometime next year--after the launch of Windows Vista, which "is the priority for the development teams," according to Microsoft France.
Microsoft has yet to reveal details about the contents of the service pack. Laurent Delaporte of Microsoft France said: "Historically, certain functions of new versions of Windows are integrated in the service packs of previous versions."
Does this mean that the Windows Vista pillars - WPF, WCF and WWF- and other features such as IE 7 will be made available through service pack 3 on XP? And what about integrating these features on Windows Server 2003? To be continued ...
Just came across this excellent article by Brian Johnson "New Security Features in Visual Studio 2005".
It explains how Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier for developers to write secure applications. Write unmanaged code that's safe, or get IDE tools that help you to build and deploy managed applications that take advantage of Code Access Security. A must-read for every Visual Studio 2005 developer!