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Microsoft PDC 2005 – A Microsoft Employee’s Perspective

Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:05 AM by tomarcher

Due to the increasing popularity of the TechEd and PDC conferences, most Microsoft employees do not have the opportunity to attend so that we can reserve the very limited space for customers. Therefore, I’m dedicating this blog entry to detailing my experience Read More...

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Notes from the PDC - Final Bits

Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 5:38 PM by tomarcher

I think one of the most interesting things I heard all week were the constant remarks along the lines of "Microsoft sure kept that secret. I had never heard of it!" This was said in reference to such technologies as Microsoft Workflow Foundation and Microsoft Read More...

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Notes from the PDC - Day 2 (Windows Workflow Foundation)

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:58 PM by tomarcher

Back in the mid-1990's, a very good friend of mine left the software company we both worked for and founded a company dedicated to developing software solutions for dental/ortho offices. The idea he had then was a bit revolutionary at the time for a PC-based Read More...

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Notes from the PDC - Day 1

Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:06 PM by tomarcher

Wow! What a first day! Incredible keynotes and a tremendous amount of excitement from developers and managers alike regarding all the new technologies we're rolling out. I was also very happy to see a nice turnout at the MSDN Online booth where we showed Read More...

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