Monthly Archives: October 2008

PDC – Day 3 – Boku, .NET services and more on Azure queues

Posted on October 30, 2008 by yoelarnon

Day 3 keynotes were about Microsoft research, presented by Rick Rashid. Rick’s presentation was probably the most impressing presentation in PDC – even I did not know how large the Microsoft research team is (850 researchers – larger than most … Continue reading →

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PDC – Day 2 – some more on Azure queues

Posted on October 29, 2008 by yoelarnon

Day 2’s keynotes where about Windows 7 – which apparently not going to include lots of bells and whistles (unless you are totally excited of the ability to re-order icons on the task bar), but hopefully will be faster and … Continue reading →

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PDC – Day 1 – the Azure day & yet another queuing

Posted on October 28, 2008 by yoelarnon

I guess that you all already read in the press or elsewhere about the new bomb Ray Ozzie had thrown to the keynotes hall in the PDC, declaring Microsoft’s new "operating system" – Microsoft Azure. Azure is actually called "operating … Continue reading →

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PDC, Day 0 – pre-conference WCF session

Posted on October 27, 2008 by yoelarnon

Most people think PDC starts at Monday the 27th, however for me (and for ~1000 more people :-)) PDC started at Sunday with the pre-conference. I went to hear Juval Lowy and Ron Jacobs speaking on WCF. Juval has a … Continue reading →

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Meet you in PDC 2008 + USA Visit + Is Send() thread safe?

Posted on October 4, 2008 by yoelarnon

It is hard to believe, but three years had passed since PDC 2005… The buzzwords then where WCF, WPF, LINQ & Vista. This time it is going to be cloud services, Oslo & Windows 7. Actually the "old" stuff that … Continue reading →

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