Items in Brief

Here are a couple of quick news items that weren't long enough to get a post of their own.

Orcas: Earlier this month Somasegar announced that the final release will be out before the end of November. Within a few weeks of the release I'll try to go over all of the new WCF messaging features that are available in .NET Framework 3.5.

Oslo: The new web services initiative for the future was announced last month at the Microsoft SOA conference. Dana Gardner produced an interesting podcast earlier this week if you want to listen to some of the industry analysis that is taking place.

Two TechEds in One: The US version of TechEd is splitting into separate conferences for developers and IT professionals. Both conferences take place next year in Orlando again during June. I haven't thought about whether I want to go to one or both yet.