Quote of the day, 10/30/2007

October 30, 2007 at 12:22 pm · Filed under .NET, Grid Computing, Miscellaneous

Today I was in a conference call doing a demonstration of the Digipede Network. 

One of the demos includes using Excel as a front-end to a distributed code-behind calculation.  A common follow on question was asked (heavily paraphrased),

what about code trapped in Excel workbooks?

The answer is, yes, we can (and have several customers that do) distribute Excel workbooks for distributed execution.  Our software moves the workbooks, launches Excel through COM, executes calcs in the workbook, saves them, and brings back the workbook. 

The prospect says,

That is both commendable and horrifying at the same time.

Heh. 

As is most of the work we’ve done to provide stable, registration-free COM contract for the Digipede COM users.

Tags: .NET, COM, Digipede, Excel, QOTD

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Digipede at Building 40 Tonight

December 11, 2006 at 9:29 am · Filed under Miscellaneous

If you are in Redmond and want to learn about Digipede (from John):

Digipede Evangelist Kim Greenlee will give a presentation on Concurrent Software Development at the .NET Developers Association meeting on Monday, December 11.  The meeting is on the Microsoft campus – in Building 40, the Steptoe Room (#1450).  She blogs about it here; be sure to bring this meeting announcement with you, or Microsoft security may stop you.

Come early for the free pizza — stay for the demo of the Digipede Network.

Tags: .NET, Digipede, Excel, grid

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