More PDC Announcements – Only 5 Weeks Away

By now you’ve probably heard the big news that Microsoft’s PDC (Professional Developer Conference) will be unveiling Windows 7.  This is big news, especially since they’re not just showing it off, but actually building a lot on top of it, as demonstrated by the 20+ sessions around Windows 7 content.  Not only that, but they also recently announced that PDC attendees will get to walk away with a Windows 7 pre-beta build.

Surely PDC isn’t just about Windows 7, though.  Check out all the sessions and topics which will be covered at PDC in great detail:

The other huge area of focus for PDC is Live Mesh.  I’ve blogged a bit about Mesh and how much I like it, but what’s there now is not the full story. 

 

The sessions shown give an idea about the types of scenarios developers will be able to create with Live Mesh.  Ray Ozzie’s keynote should also be a great introduction to the current and future capabilities of Mesh.

Speaking of keynotes, Ray Ozzie is joined by a super list of impressive speakers including Scott Guthrie, Bob Muglia, Rick Rashid, Steven Sinofsky and David Treadwell, all of whom will be making exciting announcements for their respective groups and products.

Another new announcement which came out this week is that of the two symposia.  There is one symposium on parallel computing, described as “A detailed look at how multi-core architecture will unleash computing power and enable innovation.”  The second symposium is around cloud computing and software plus services.  The title is “Head in the cloud, feet on the ground – a practical look at architectural challenges  and opportunities with identity, management, data and interoperability in the cloud.” 

Lastly because everyone loves swag, they also just announced that attendees at the 2008 PDC will receive a 160GB USB2 hard drive with all the bits.  That is a very sweet takeaway.

For those who like bling as well (come on, you know you do), you can find badges and wallpapers here: http://microsoftpdc.com/Social/Bling.aspx

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Cross posted from Martha's Blog