Mea Culpa: OneNote 2007+MindManager Now Plays Nicer with Others
I just learned another lesson about software development: test, test, test, and then test some more. Releasing the hugely popular OneNote 2007 + MindManager last month had some unintended consequences: intermittent errors and problems in other MindManager Add-ins. After some help in tracking it down from Nick Duffill, I found that when you started MindManager from the Send To MindManager button in OneNote 2007, and then closed MindManager, it didn't actually shut down completely. This is caused by a problem in COM interop commonly known as "hanging references." When MindManager starts up again, it starts in an half-opened state and problems are seen in some add-ins. This is also caused by me not testing this thorougly enough. After narrowing it down, I finally fixed it and uploaded an update this evening. Mea Culpa. I appologize for any grief that this may have caused.
Thank you, Nick.
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About Michael S. Scherotter
Educated as an architect, Michael has made his career in software development about combining technology in interesting ways.
After getting his Bachelor's of Architecture from the University of Arizona, Michael received a Master's of Architecture from UCLA specializing in Design Tool Development.
From there, he joined Tartus, Inc., a sofware consulting firm specializing in building architectural sofware. At Tartus, Michael rose to the role of lead software architect for BC Framer, a custom CAD solution for Boise Cascade Corporation. In this role he designed and lead development of the software through six successful release cycles.
At Mindjet, Michael started by managing the software development teams for the first tablet-pc enabled version of MindManager and MindManager X5.
From 2003 to 2007, Michael was in business development and marketing roles as a Business Solution Architect and as the Solution Platform Product Manager for MindManger. Michael designed and built the first enterprise integration for MindManager, the Accelerator for Salesforce.com which served as a reference implementation for future enterprise integrations. In this role, he created, directed, and maintained the Mindjet Labs and became the evangelist for the MindManager Solution Platform.
Now Michael is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation.
