Mark Michaelis: My PDC ThoughtsComments, opinions and notes about the Professional Developers ConferenceThe Meaning of Avalon: The Longhorn UI API- September 20, 2003 The Professional Developers Conference has multiple references in the agenda to "Avalon". I was recently asked what Avalon was so that a fellow attendee knew whether they were interested or not. Avalon is a new set of graphics programming API without the Windows message pump. Here are two public references. Microsoft Readying 'Avalon' Framework for Longhorn The Road to Windows Longhorn 2003 (search the page for Avalon)http://mark.michaelis.net/weblog/categories/myPdcThoughts/2003/09/19.html#a476 The Hardest Question on the PDC Registration Form- September 13, 2003 There is one conference that I would not miss and that is the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). While registering for this years PDC I was asked what previous PDCs I had attended. Unfortunately they wanted to know the years and I am terrible with dates. All I can remember was the locations.... Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando, and Denver (in no particular order). I can't remember any other I attended There was also the one in San Diego but.http://mark.michaelis.net/weblog/categories/myPdcThoughts/2003/09/13.html#a467 |