News Report #5

Kimberly Rhine
LIB 103
Ms. Pemberton
Ms. Cody

Assignment #5- News Report

“Visual Studio 2010 to Come With ‘black box’” By Ina Fried. September 29th, 2008. < http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10052412-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 >.

I’m sure we are all familiar with the “black box” that goes in planes is equipped with recorders to capture both cockpit audio and flight data to figure out why a plane crashed. These boxes are basically indestructible and can withstand fire, intense pressure, and crashing millions of miles down that. You would have thought that we would have thought of this sooner but Microsoft is actually aiming to give software developers the same kind of technology. They are planning on calling this new device the Visual Studio 2010. They are doing this to not necessarily protect the software but to better help programmers make the software better for their customers. Microsoft is trying to get the Visual Studio 2010 to have the ability to record full screens of what testers are seeing, as well as data about their machine. If or when the test application “crashes” the technology with help enable developers to see what kinks they need to get out of their software and see what the “bugs” are.
This program should not only make money for Microsoft but should help the software makers save time and money in fixing their problems which in the end is a win-win for everyone. I’m sure that many people have or at least know about TiVo or have a DVR box; well this is what the Visual Studio 2010 id designed to do. It’s almost like a TiVo or DVR for debuggers. This essentially is going to cut down so much time, and will hopefully give software makers more time to continue to create better technology which is only going to help society.