September 23-26, 1997
San Diego, California
Updated: December 15, 1998
The 1997 Microsoft® Professional Developers Conference (PDC), held in San Diego, California, September 23-26, 1997, covered Microsoft tools and strategies to help developers take advantage of the rich opportunities inherent in distributed computing. Conference topics included Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture (Windows DNA), the next generation of Windows and applications, and tools for the digital age. Below are links to selected transcripts and slide presentations from the conference.
Bill Gates'
Keynote
(also available in a
slide presentation )
The Next
Generation of Windows
Remarks by Jim Allchin, Senior Vice President
(also available in a
slide presentation )
Microsoft
Platform Strategy
Remarks by Paul Maritz, Group Vice President
(also available in a
slide presentation )
Building the Next Generation of Windows Applications
Remarks by Paul Gross
(also available in a
slide presentation )
Case Study: Building Windows Applications Today
Slide presentation by Cameron Ferroni,
Senior Program Manager, and Chris Jones, Group Program Manager
Windows Client Services
Slide
presentation by Frank Artale,
Director
The Next Generation of Applications
Slide
presentation by David Vaskevitch,
Vice President, David Stutz, Software Design Engineer, and Nat
Brown, Program Manager
Wrap-up and Call to Action
Slide
presentation by Tod Nielsen, General
Manager