Jerry Pournelle reports on Day 1 of Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference 2005, including the major overhaul of Windows in Vista. Dan Spisak also reports on on the tech breakouts, such as the Windows Presentation Foundation talk.
Hot topics this week at Microsoft Professional Developers Conference will include AJAX, Acrylic, and Sparkle. Will PDC be dessert topping or floor wax? Either way Dr. Dobb's PDC Show Daily will provide the rundown.
The software complexity conundrum can be tackled only by raising the abstraction level and reducing risk through the Unified Modeling Language and Model-Driven Development, according to the current cochair of the UML 2.0 effort.