More developers, More developers, More developers!
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft's PDC 2005 mission: To broaden its developer base. But will programmers find Redmond's new technologies in the pipeline hot enough to pledge all their loyalties? Developers always have been the target audience for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Going into PDC 2005, the company's message isn't wavering. It is, however, expanding. Microsoft is seeking to grow substantially the group it defines as "developers" by making available to them new tools and interfaces that it is hoping to convince them to use in building their next-gen applications.