Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Microsoft Details Next Wave of Software Innovation to Developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2003

Microsoft Details Next Wave of Software Innovation to Developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2003 "Gates discussed key catalysts in software development, pointing to a variety of trends driving the next wave, including Web services interoperability, proliferation of smart clients and software and hardware innovation. He highlighted key characteristics of the next wave: developers building connected systems using Web services that reflect the dynamic nature of the real world; software making oceans of digital information more meaningful and actionable; and new breakthrough user experiences, improving interactions between people, groups and organizations."

Interesting pattern in the press, not unlike the press after the Office/Exchange/Live Communication Server launch last week -- not a lot of detailed coverage in the mainstream business press. No doubt many reporters are still trying to understand what the Longhorn Visicalc demo was all about, and/or why MS executives were using Emacs and vi instead of VS.NET...

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