RE: PDC Approaches

Dominic Pease — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:22:00 GMT

Hmm. I'll be honest. I was one of those who pored over every press release, every mailing list message, and every piece of documentation in the original public PDC preview of .NET-- as soon as any of them were available. By the release of v1, I'd been programming C# for quite a while and really knew my stuff. I know I'm not alone among those outside the Microsoft halo when I say I can't wait for PDC '03, because I know how much there will be to learn. And prying a little info out sooner rather than later is always the highest goal. Since you're one of the insiders and I'm not, then, allow me to pry a bit. I'm sure you are 'crunching away, preparing slides, demos' and many fascinating other things, but for the information-greedy among us, that doesn't give us a lot to go on. You didn't even tell us what topics you'll be covering! But the whole list of sessions is available. So here's what I'd like to see: I'd like you to consider me a veteran PDC leech who is in danger of brushing Longhorn aside for the more specifically .NET-related stuff. Longhorn's just Windows, right? Well, maybe not, but you'll need to convince me otherwise if you want me at one of your sessions. Here's your chance to advertise! Naturally, hints about actual session content would not go unappreciated. (/me hides crossed fingers behind back.)