Microsoft exec forecasts servers, tools
eWeek | at | by Mike
Eric Rudder, senior vice president of servers and tools at Microsoft Corp., is responsible for Microsoft's strategies on both fronts, including the Redmond, Wash., company's outreach to its developer community. Rudder's influence will be apparent at this week's Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles; he's responsible for applying the company's tools strategy to many of the technologies being unveiled at the show, including the upcoming Longhorn operating system; the new Whidbey version of Visual Studio .Net; and Microsoft's new Web services platform, known as Indigo. Rudder spoke with eWEEK Senior Writer Darryl K. Taft in the weeks before the PDC.