http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f7dy01k1(v=VS.80).aspxhttp://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/danielgrunwald/archive/2011/02/04/ilspy-a-new-net-assembly-inspector.aspxhttp://reflector.red-gate.com/download.aspx?TreatAsUpdate=1 maybe R# later on?

You might want to start off by reading the documentation from Microsoft. The short version of this text is that in the new CS2009 there is tracing and it is done through system.diagnostics. I don't know the entire story, but it looks like the exception handling is piped through the trace. So in order to configure the logging for commerce server you will need to read up on the system.diagnostics tracing.You will need to add a source "Microsoft.Commerce.Exceptions". There you can choose your TraceListener [...]

Say that you would want some microsoft plattform of the future. What would it be? Probably the Commerce Server databases in Sql Azure and an implementation of CS2009 API's by implementing the right operation sequences and dropping the old pipeline architecture. Someone has already gotten something related to this idea: http://blog.kellyheard.com/commerceservercloud/ I wonder how much time it would take for Microsoft to implement this? It doesn't look impossible, just some grunt work getting everything in [...]

Ever worked with a source control system where you have single user lock on files? This interferes to much with work. You rarely want a locking mechanism in place (that would degrade the ability to work together). I have a nagging feeling that files and folders should not be locked by a single process/applikation. It interferes with many of the things I do. Just look at onenote. Instead of the easy way (locking), the program merges the changes. It's often easier to deal with the edge cases when they arise[...]

Whats wrong with Commerce Server 2009 from a developer perspective? Configuration: There is no single source of object mapping configuration. Multiple places to insert properties. FaultException does not include the original exception. The CS2009 api's look very dynamic... It promises a lot more than it can deliver since it is based upon CS2007 API and thus quite limited. No transactions for some of the entities. For instance profiles and catalog.  Integration with SharePoint by putting the configuration[...]