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September 2005 - Posts

• PDC: “The Goods” look more like “The Bads”

  Well, Microsoft has been saying for weeks now that we would be astonished by “The Goods”. “The Goods” is the DVD pack containing the betas and latest releases of most of Microsoft software under development. Well, we got the pack right on Tuesday, after Read More... Posted 16 September 2005 00:37 by paulo.reichert | 1 Comments

• New goodies!

  Cool, cool, cool. The sessions haven’t started yet, but we have been handed some cool stuff already: - The missing DVD on “The Goods” pack, which contains a copy of Windows “Longhorn” Server - A copy of Visual Studio 2005 Team System Release Candidate!!! Read More... Posted 15 September 2005 18:11 by paulo.reichert | 0 Comments

• And the PDC continues...

  Ok, I haven’t been dully reporting as I promised, but probably because I didn’t think my days were going to be that busy. I’m now wrapping up some comments about the last two days and hopefully I will be able to elaborate more about each session after Read More... Posted 15 September 2005 01:09 by paulo.reichert | 0 Comments

• After the keynotes!

  Ok, Bill Gates has spoken. The bottom line of his presentation is: Microsoft is going to release an overwhelming quantity of new technologies between the remaining of this year and the next year. The presentation of Windows Vista and Office 12 outlined Read More... Posted 13 September 2005 18:57 by paulo.reichert | 0 Comments

• And the PDC begins!

  Oh yeah, here it comes. Finally PDC has arrived in its full geeky atmosphere. I’m now sitting in the big hall, waiting for Bill Gates’ keynote as I write it. I was also waiting for my colleagues, Mick, Colin and Howard, but they didn’t show up on the Read More... Posted 13 September 2005 18:48 by paulo.reichert | 1 Comments