By Chris Green in Reader
Posted in Blogging, In-Flight, Travel, microsoft on October 26, 2008 at 5:06 am
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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By Chris Green in Reader
Posted in Blogging, Travel, microsoft on October 23, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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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By Chris Green in Reader
Posted in In-Flight, Travel, Broadband on December 10, 2007 at 4:56 pm
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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