Countdown to PDC 2008: This is the Software + Services PDC, Plus a Hard Drive Chock Full o’Bits is a PDC Attendee’s Dream Come True!

Posted By: Dan Fernandez | Sep 22nd, 2008 @ 6:28 PM | 72,002 Views | 17 Comments

Okay, okay, maybe we’ve been a little too tight lipped about what we’re going to announce at the PDC this year. We’ve dropped a few hints with some of our recent guests on the show (Amitabh Srivastava, Dave Campbell, Don Box and Chris Anderson, plus John Shewchuck), but folks want to hear more. What news will we have around the Live Mesh application platform and associated services? What about the future of the client platform, including .NET and Silverlight? And how is our services platform relevant to enterprises and ISVs who cater to enterprises? And what about Windows 7?!? Watch this video and get some really big clues.

Plus……we’re announcing the very special gift that all PDC attendees will receive: a 160GB external USB2 hard drive with all of the bits! Could “The Goods” get any cooler? They just did!

Tags: Cloud Services, Live Mesh, PDC08, Software + Services, Windows 7

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mswanson

In reply to robski

#Sep 23rd, 2008 @ 9:24 AM

Thanks for the feedback, robski. I'd be remiss if I didn't credit David Aiken for making the hard drive happen for PDC2008 attendees. We have him to thank for the tremendous coordination and effort it takes to pull all of it together.

ZippyV
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In reply to mswanson

#Sep 24th, 2008 @ 9:08 AM

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mswanson

In reply to ZippyV

#Sep 24th, 2008 @ 10:41 AM

Awesome avatar change! Love it! Smiley

mswanson

In reply to ZippyV

#Sep 24th, 2008 @ 10:41 AM

Your artwork is now prominenty displayed outside of my office. I've already received a few comments in the couple of minutes it's been up. Smiley

androidi

Is this a confirmation that Windows 7 easily boots from USB? Because it would make most sense to give pre-rtm OS bits on a HDD so one could boot from that. Though it might be the time to move from USB to eSATA every machine has a SATA interface these days that gets almost 3x the performance of USB in real terms with current laptop HDD's.

manuj
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Will it be possible to purchase the bits via the eCompanyStore?

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philly

I have used the 160GB external USB2 hard drive that you are talking about. It has been full for a long time! I had to actually go out and buy another one today.Thanks, Hunde