PDC Classics
We've assembled some of the biggest names and pivotal announcements from past PDCs for a look back at what set the stage for the future of Microsoft platform technologies. Check back for more PDC Classics installments still to come.
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Posted Aug 31, 2009 by amyrc
Microsoft gave developers a peek at some of the early builds of the version of Windows code-named “Longhorn”. This release represented a lot of big advancements for the operating system, and the developer audience was anxious to learn whatever they could. In this episode of PDC Classics, join Don Box and Chris Anderson as they fondly look back at this PDC which also gave them the first time to present together on stage. We'll also see clip from the keynote where the "Red versus Blue" team shows us how important it is to attend the PDC, and Hillel Cooperman provides a brief demo of “Longhorn”. If you’d like some more details of some of the other developer oriented technologies and products which were unveiled at PDC’03, you can check out this press release from October 27th, 2003:
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Posted Aug 20, 2009 by amyrc
Just one short year after introducing .NET Framework, we announced its release along with Visual Studio .NET. In this episode of “PDC Classics” join Robert Hess and Don Box as they reminisce about the events surrounding PDC 2001, and what it means to attendees. We’ll then take a quick look at the keynote where Rebecca Norlander provides a quick glimpse of some new display technology being worked on, which will eventually evolve into WPF. And finally, we’ll join Bill Gates in a live feed from New York City where he is announcing the launch of Windows XP. More»
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Posted Aug 4, 2009 by amyrc
Orlando Florida, July 2000. This was when Microsoft announced the initial developer availability of the Microsoft® .NET Framework, as well as Microsoft Visual Studio.NET to allow developers to begin developing managed code applications for Windows as well as the web. In this episode of “PDC Classics”, join Robert Hess and Chris Anderson sharing some of their thoughts and insights as they look back on this ground-breaking PDC and how it set the stage for the future of development using Microsoft Platform Technologies. For some more details about this PDC, here is a Press Release which we provided back on July 11, 2000: “Microsoft Delivers First .NET Platform Developer Tools for Building Web Services” More»
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