This article dives into the mock questions I would ask, along with responses that are my personal best guess to the answers. Could my answers not reflect actual opinions shared by the team at Microsoft? Sure, but I'm hoping folks from the .NET team can jump in to correct me if I am way off base.

This is a rather interesting time for .NET – what's being done shapes the future of .NET for the next decade. Let's ask the honest questions and hopefully all of us will understand the new .NET ecosystem a little better. 

We’re proud to announce the release of PowerShell 7.1, the latest major update to PowerShell 7. This release includes a number of improvements and fixes that build on top of the PowerShell 7.0 release in March and the recent GA release of .NET 5.  

Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters'

Switching to a more modern topic, the introduction of the Rust language into Linux, Torvalds is disappointed that its adoption isn't going faster. "I was expecting updates to be faster, but part of the problem is that old-time kernel developers are used to C and don't know Rust. They're not exactly excited about having to learn a new language that is, in some respects, very different. So there's been some pushback on Rust."

A few of the customer-requested updates in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1 are:

• Column store performance is improved when batch mode operators spill over to disk. A new XEvent provides insights into column store inserts.
• Several issues in buffer pool extension SSD configuration are addressed, including the ability to do instant initialization of the buffer pool extension file.
• Certain queries compile faster when using new cardinality estimator, and other cardinality estimation query plans are more efficient when using TF-4199. 
• The scalability benefits of two trace flags (TF-1236, TF-9024) are applied automatically.
• Backup header information retrieval works better with encrypted backups.

What's new in this release?

• Full C#7.0 support
• .NET Core support

This is a standalone, power tool release of TypeScript 2.4.1 for Visual Studio 2015. It includes both the TypeScript experience for Visual Studio and a standalone compiler that can be used from the command line. 

This is a standalone, power tool release of TypeScript 2.2 for Visual Studio 2015. It includes both the TypeScript experience for Visual Studio and a standalone compiler that can be used from the command line. 

This is an initial release of a partial implementation of the .NET platform on top of the Java Virtual Machine, and compatible with Android runtime. The Bluebonnet bytecode compiler translates .NET CIL into Java bytecode in Java classes, and additional run-time support is provided by the Baselib library. 

Benefits of a package manager

• Check the version of any program or package
• Update the Existing Version you already installed
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• Automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs
• Upgrade all the program at once
• Export list of program that you've installed and install them back whenever you required