The Old New Thingnot actually a .NET blogMSDN-speak: What does it mean when a parameter contains a value- June 18, 2008 I've seen some confusion over this, heck I've been confused by this, so I figured I'd share what I've learned. In MSDN, you may see wording like this: pdwResult out When the function returns, contains a pointer to a DWORD value that contains the result of the computation. What they're trying to say is that the pdwResult is a pointer to a DWORD that receives the result of the computation. Personally, I take issue with both uses of the word "contains", but they tell me that that is their.http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/06/18/8612930.aspx Microspeak: Pricing uplift- June 17, 2008 In a conference call with investors last year, investor relations general manager Colleen Healy described the effect of business editions of Windows thus: As we shared with you previously, Windows Vista business generates over five times the pricing uplift over Windows Vista Home Basic than does Windows Vista Home Premium. Also known as profit.http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/06/17/8607894.aspx |