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PDC was about new technology

Carl Prothman, in his PDC summary, expresses his dislike of PDC not focusing on current technology as well as new (unreleased) technology.   

I understand your frustration regarding no sessions on current technology, but this was PDC, not Tech-Ed.  The point of PDC has always been to preview new and upcoming technologies, never to rehash older (albeit, current) technologies.  One positive note I did see regarding current technologies was the migration information for current code into Indigo.  That indicates Microsoft IS thinking of current development and how to transition into future development.

Published Friday, October 31, 2003 11:50 AM by RHurlbut
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# re: PDC was about new technology@ Friday, October 31, 2003 2:00 PM

This was my first PDC. And I guess I was not aware that it only was for new technology (1 to 2 years out). I am use to TechEd / VSLive type of conferences.

I also notice the slides that said what we should do now (better yet - what we should NOT do now) in order to make the transition to Indigo when it releases. That was some great information! ;-)

by Carl Prothman

# re: PDC was about new technology@ Friday, October 31, 2003 2:12 PM

I agree about Indigo. I hadn't been to any conferance before (and unfortunately, at the last minute, I didn't get to this one either), but I knew it was about new technology. It doesn't apply directly to what I am doing, but it was a great opportunity to see what Microsoft has in mind for the future, and again, the tie-in to current technology was a big plus.

by Robert Hurlbut

# re: PDC was about new technology@ Friday, October 31, 2003 6:57 PM

See, when I say something like you just did I hear a reply directed at me from Scoble saying - and I quote - "if you want to stay current (read: not lose your job to someone in India) you must be at this year's PDC".

Is it any wonder there was/is so much confusion over the distinction between the PDC and TechEd?

by Dave

# re: PDC was about new technology@ Friday, October 31, 2003 7:45 PM

Its a kind of a play on words, I think. What we (as professional developers in the trenches) call "current" is old news to those working on the newest technologies at Microsoft. For most Microsoft developers, "current" IS the new technology. So, for Scoble to say in order to stay "current", you must be at PDC, it does make perfect sense.

When you think of it, when a company ships a product, a year later your customers may be using that product and consider it current. But, you, as the company, may have moved on to version 2 and consider that new product as "current" and the version 1 product as old news.

Same thing with Microsoft. They finished .Net 1.0 a few years ago, and it officially shipped last year and this year (1.0 and 1.1 versions), respectively. Now, they have been working on the newest version for awhile, while we are still getting familiar with what has been released previously. It's all perspective, I think.

by Robert Hurlbut