Getting ready for PDC

By Chris Green in Reader

Posted in Blogging, Travel, microsoft on October 23, 2008 at 2:28 pm

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In about 48 hours from now I’ll be taking off from London Heathrow en route to Los Angeles.

I’ll be joining journalists from around the world heading stateside to cover Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, known as PDC.

This is no ordinary IT conference, its the most important event in the calendar not only for Microsoft, but for most of its partners, developer community and enterprise customers. Never mind knowing what the company is planning to do 3 months from now, PDC is where you find out what the company will be doing five and 10 years from now.

The key takeaways this year will be roadmap information and deep drill-downs into Windows 7 and the next version of Office, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Everything that Microsoft makes is in play, from the Xbox 360 to keyboards, mice, databases, servers and CRM systems.

Personally, I’m still holding out hope for a new version of Microsoft Bob.

We will be live blogging from the keynote on Monday, as well as bringing you news from the show floor every day of the show. Keep an eye on the site for more PDC coverage over the next week.

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