The PDC pre-show buzz

By Chris Green in Reader

Posted in Blogging, In-Flight, Travel, microsoft on October 26, 2008 at 5:06 am

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Greetings from Los Angeles, site of Microsoft PDC 2008.

Had a very disappointing flight over with Air New Zealand, what would have been an OK trip was marred by terrible customer service, but that is a story for another post.

The flight over did at least give me a chance to catch up with a few other PDC attendees, other than fellow journalists, to ask them what they were hoping for and expecting from PDC.

The responses were all pretty similar - decision makers and developers are looking for a fresh long-term roadmap for Microsoft’s core enterprise products, and all are looking forward to finding out more about Windows 7.

Perhaps the most interesting comment on the plane was this: “Vista is OK, and certainly not as flawed as most people claim it is. The trouble is that perception is 9/10ths of the battle and Microsoft has already lost the fight. Too many people THINK Vista is rubbish, and will never be convinced otherwise. Windows 7 is Microsoft’s best hope of winning back the masses, much like they did with Windows XP.”

Wise words indeed. More from me tomorrow.

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In-flight broadband ready for take-off

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Posted in In-Flight, Travel, Broadband on December 10, 2007 at 4:56 pm

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A few years ago I was fortunate enough to be invited on-board a test flight for one of several in-flight internet services being trialled at the time.

The one that got all the attention was Boeing’s now defunct Connexions service, but the one I was on was different - instead of bringing wired broadband and an Ethernet socket to each seat, this used 802.11b Wi-Fi to flood the entire plane with internet connectivity. It was a great idea and a successful trial. Unfortunately, nobody had the time or the money to take a transatlantic fleet out of service long enough to install the technology, so Connexions, and every other in-flight broadband service in development was eventually buried.

Fortunately, nobody bothered to tell BlackBerry-maker RIM, internet portal operator Yahoo and US domestic airline JetBlue Read more

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