Professional Developers Conference

Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was a series of conferences for software developers; the conference was held infrequently to coincide with beta releases of the Windows operating system, and showcased topics of interest to those developing hardware and software for the new version of Windows.

Microsoft PDC
Statusmerged with MIX to form the Build Conference in 2011
FrequencyAnnual
VenueSeattle Convention Center and Digital
Location(s)Anaheim, California, Redmond, Washington, San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington
Years active1992–2010
FoundedJuly 1992; 32 years ago (1992-07)
Most recentOctober 28-29, 2010
Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green presenting at PDC 2008

In 2011, PDC was merged with Microsoft's web development conference MIX to form the Build Conference.

Events

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2000-2009

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Other Microsoft developer conferences

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Speech Transcript - Jim Allchin, Microsoft Professional Developers Conference". September 24, 1997.
  2. ^ Brockschmidt, Craig. "Chapter 11 - Name, Fame, and Guru Game". Mystic Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  3. ^ "Activating the Internet". March 24, 1996. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010.
  4. ^ "Microsoft to Offer Comprehensive Internet and Intranet Developer Conferences". Microsoft. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Microsoft Systems Journal: Editor's Notes, December 1998". Archived from the original on 2004-07-10.
  6. ^ "Themes: Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2000". Archived from the original on 2008-05-30.
  7. ^ Guy Barrette (November 2001). "Microsoft PDC 2001 Review". Universal Thread Magazine. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
  8. ^ Jritz (December 2007). "PDC08 Is Here!". PDC Blog. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  9. ^ Long Zheng. "Announcing PDC09". Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  10. ^ "Announcing PDC10". Retrieved 2010-07-12.
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