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SM-Bot
28 Oct 2003, 6:31pm
At the 'Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2003', Bill Gates was laying down his vision of the future of software development while at the same time showcasing a whole host of new projects the software giant is gearing up to get started, or finished, as the reality of the situation may be.

Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp., outlined Microsoft Corp.’s vision for the next wave of software development and detailed plans to help developers take advantage of the next wave of software opportunities at Microsoft® Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003. Highlighting platform software and development tools designed to enable developers to build a new generation of "smart," connected applications, Microsoft gave thousands of developers in attendance an early look at a technical preview of the next major release of Windows®, code-named "Longhorn." The company also unveiled the next-generation Windows programming model, named WinFX™, which provides a high productivity approach for building applications.

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GHoosdum
28 Oct 2003, 9:52pm
Did they give up on their "lease only software" vision of the future?

And WHY all the "FX" names these days? Sheesh! I hope they're naming it after the Athlon FX rather than the CrapForce FX... :shakehead

Thrax
29 Oct 2003, 4:30am
Goes right along with the i-< Insertname > trend, the < insert name > XP trend, and the e-< NAME > trend.