Is PDC 2009 Cancelled??

I heard PDC was announced for Nov 17-20 right after last year's PDC, but not have heard any official information about it since.  Does anyone know FOR SURE whether PDC 2009 is on or not?    A lot companies need to determine their training budgets in this tight economy and it would nice to know if this event will take place as scheduled or not.   I have been told to subscribe to the PDC 2009 mailing list and have done so for six months but have never received a single email.

CKurt said:

Check: https://www.ustechsregister.com/pdc09mailinglist/main.aspx and http://www.microsoftpdc.com/

It is not cancelled... (i guess)

Hopefully C9 will do an interview with Mike Swanson soon, he's probably in charge of things again.

Mcrosoft has a twitter page: http://twitter.com/PDC09 and the date for the PDC was from update (Pre-Conference session on the 16th).  Since they looking for feedback, I think PDC09 is probably on.  Hopefully new detail on the conference will come out soon so I make decision and get funding for the conference.

Microsoft has a twitter page: http://twitter.com/PDC09.  Conference date has been updated there; Oct 16 will be for pre-conference sessions.  Since MS was seeking feedbacks, I think PDC09 is likely to go on as schduled.  I just hope the detail for registration is avaliable soon so I can make decision on attending and get necessary funding.... 

Charles said:

PDC 09 is not cancelled. In fact, we are all pretty busy planning it right now... It's going to be a great event. Stay tuned for more details and of course Jennifer and Mike will spin up another Countdown series.

C

Yeah i sent en email this am asking someone else about the events to happen this fall, we have VS 2010, .Net 4.0 and SIlverlight 3.0 plus WIn 7 and whatever else is ready around October -ish....

seems like it's time to plan the parties and all that good stuff...

CKurt said:

figuerres said:

*snip*

Stuff like, the Beta of The Live Framework, Windows Azure and Mesh CTP being combined with Mesh ?
Stuff like Windows Mobile 7?

Hopefully stuff like a PDC2009 bag. Since they didn't have them at the PDC2008

Harlequin said:

CKurt said:

*snip*

Hopefully stuff like a PDC2009 bag. Since they didn't have them at the PDC2008

Google gave out a free G2 Magic phone to each visitor at I/O this year, along with a banquet and free unlimited refill alcohol bar for all. At 10 times the cost of I/O admission, you may be out of luck hoping for that Microsoft branded bag.

May28th2018 said:

Harlequin said:

*snip*

Google gave out a free G2 Magic phone to each visitor at I/O this year, along with a banquet and free unlimited refill alcohol bar for all. At 10 times the cost of I/O admission, you may be out of luck hoping for that Microsoft branded bag.

Joel Spolsky estimates that PDC costs Microsoft around $5000 per attendee and as such they spend a lot on it already. Google must effectively write off the cost of putting on I/O and only charges a token fee for tickets in order to filter the attendees.