sqmErik Porter, Charles, Mike Sampson, Grace Francisco, Brian Keller, Nathan Heskew, dshadle, Dan Fernandez, Duncan Mackenzie, Jeff Sandquisthttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/SQM/sqmhttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/SQM/en-usWed, 28 Feb 2007 20:45:28 GMTWed, 28 Feb 2007 20:45:28 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<P>I'm deeply fascinated by software instrumentation in all its varieties. When Scott Dart <a href="http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/02/21/tagging-and-foldering-in-photo-gallery/">told me</a> that he had hard data on how many people are using the tagging features in Photo Gallery, I wanted to know how. The answer is <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/privacy/privacy_b1.mspx#EAFAC">SQM</a>, which is pronounced "squim" and which expands to Software Quality Metrics. </P> <P>According to Partha Sundaram, my guest for today's podcast, SQM was formerly used on a per-application basis, but is now, in Vista, also a piece of core infrastructure that can be used to analyze how the operating system itself is being used in the field. He reviews the current use of SQM in Vista, and some future goals for the technology. </P><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/252762/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics/I'm deeply fascinated by software instrumentation in all its varieties. When Scott Dart told me that he had hard data on how many people are using the tagging features in Photo Gallery, I wanted to know how. The answer is SQM, which is pronounced "squim" and which expands to Software Quality Metrics. According to Partha Sundaram, my guest for today's podcast, SQM was formerly used on a per-application basis, but is now, in Vista, also a piece of core infrastructure that can be used to analyze how the operating system itself is being used in the field. He reviews the current use of SQM in Vista, and some future goals for the technology. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics/Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:45:28 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics/6828http://channel9.msdn.com/252762/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I'm deeply fascinated by software instrumentation in all its varieties. When Scott Dart told me that he had hard data on how many people are using the tagging features in Photo Gallery, I wanted to know how. The answer is SQM, which is pronounced "squim" and which expands to Software Quality Metrics. According to Partha Sundaram, my guest for today's podcast, SQM was formerly used on a per-application basis, but is now, in Vista, also a piece of core infrastructure that can be used to analyze how the operating system itself is being used in the field. He reviews the current use of SQM in Vista, and some future goals for the technology.JonUdellJonUdell1http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/252762/Trackback.aspxSQMVista Week