Ok, Bill Gates has spoken. The bottom line of his presentation is:
Microsoft is going to release an overwhelming quantity of new
technologies between the remaining of this year and the next year. The
presentation of Windows Vista and Office 12 outlined some amazing
improvements in the user experience and a lot of new places where
software developers can hook in to provide better UIs, integration and
ease of use.
He said that we’re going to get over 30 Gb of software during this PDC
and it includes a new release of Vista. I believe Office 12 will be
there as well. I’m just waiting for 11:30 where I can go and grab my
pack of goodies that should include all that stuff.
I still haven’t heard of my colleagues, so I’m looking forward for the
first session about things you should if you want your application to
run on future versions of the CLR. I will be reporting on that
afterwards.