Sorry for this being late. I had so much to see this day that I did not get much time to get onto a computer and post this.
They keynote was GREAT!
Couple of things:
1) Microsoft has been paying attention to what Apple has been up to. Since PDC 2003, when they first introduced Longhorn, the OS has gone through an other make over. Many things that were introduced in 10.3 and 10.4 of OS X are now in Vista. And they have now taken it to the next level. This is a good thing. It only makes the OS better for Microsoft and Apple. Now I can’t wait to see what Apple is going to do to leap frog Vista. We still have a year to go before they release this, so who knows!
2) Office 12 will be by far the best Office ever released. I’ve never been excited over an Office release, but this one is amazing! Menus are going away. Smart toolbars from the menu! Hard to explain but its going to change the way you use Office forever.
3) Avalon and Indigo are really going to make it! When they showed this stuff in 2003, I was blown away. It’s now 2 year later and its only gotten better and will have a future. Compared to what they showed us in 2001 (.net Services), I really had no faith back when I saw it because at the time it seemed to radical for Microsoft to pull off. However, 2 years was good because they figured out alot of the problems I saw back then and made it into a solild technology that I will now start learning.
4) The new Atlas components are awesome. It’s the new framework for creating AJAX applications. They even showed it working in Firefox and Safari!! Kudos to Microsoft for making sure it works with all browsers that support XMLHTTP!
3) I’m really excited about Microsoft again and they have restored my faith!
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I went to the PDC Underground event last night and hung out with some Microsofties at the bar afterwards drinking beer and jawing away about the new stuff.
It’s amazing what a turnaround Microsoft is in the midst of making. I am excited as well about some of the good stuff coming out of there.
I think a lot of it is due in part to them really opening up. Just the other day Channel 9 released a video of an interview with Bill Gates. My friend who is on that team said Bill was really excited by Channel 9.
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