Professional Developers Conference

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Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (or PDC) is a conference for software developers, normally Windows developers.

It covers new and upcoming technology from Microsoft, and so only occurs in the years when there is something new to talk about.

Events

• October 22-26, 2001 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
• Release candidates of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET were announced during Bill Gates' keynote.
• Windows XP was officially released.
• Introduction of Tablet PCs, including a software development kit.
• .NET My Services (codenamed Hailstorm) announced.
• .NET Compact Framework introduced.
• First discussions of Internet Information Services version 6.
• The Counting Crows performed at the PDC party at the Staples Center.
• October 27-30, 2003 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
• September 13-16, 2005 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
• October 27-30, 2008 - Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

References

External links

• Professional Developers Conference

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