Professional Developers Conference
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Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (or PDC) is a conference for software developers, normally Windows developers.
It covers new and upcoming technology from Microsoft, and so only occurs in the years when there is something new to talk about.
[edit] Events
- October 22-26, 2001 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California[1].
- Release candidates of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET were announced during the Bill Gates keynote.
- Windows XP demonstrated, albeit without the final Luna user interface.
- Introduction of Tablet PCs, including a software development kit.
- .NET My Services (codenamed Hailstorm) announced.
- .NET Compact Framework introduced.
- First discussions of Internet Information Services version 6.
- The Counting Crows performed at the PDC party at the Staples Center.
- 2003 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California
- 2005 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California
- October 2-5 2007 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California
[edit] References
- ^ Guy Barrette (November 2001). Microsoft PDC 2001 Review. Universal Thread Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
