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
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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