Events
Events
It’s been a week since I got back now, but I spent a week in Los Angeles for Microsoft PDC. It was three days which seemed short compared to other conferences I’ve attended. I went to JavaOne for five years in a row and it was typically a week and just packed – both the sessions and the vendor floor. This was some years ago, though, so it may not be indicative of a current conference. I was disappointed by the number of vendors this year, at least compared to PDC ‘05. It seemed to be at least half Microsoft...
I gave a talk today about hardware virtualization with a focus on Virtual PC. I gave a similar talk a month ago or so in Cedar Rapids at the CRINETA meeting. Virtualization just offers so many benefits to developers, and of course testers too. I talked about how it all works (hopefully without boring anyone to death with details!) and why it makes sense. Here’s a quick list of benefits if anyone isn’t sold on it yet: Run legacy operating systems (Windows 95, OS/2, Windows NT) Run other platforms (Linux, Solaris) ...
So two Mondays ago I took a drive to Chicago. I haven’t been there for months and I always like going there (minus the driving!). I was going to a Roadshow event for Microsoft to help promote virtualization. The event had many sponsors (it was free to the public) and a hall of vendor tables. The lab had around 40 computers and two other proctors. We got to wear “Certified Veek” shirts, though no one was 100% sure why. Presumably we were (V)irtualization G(eek)s or something like that. Oh well, we wandered around and helped people. There were about...