So all in all I think going to the Microsoft Technology Summit was a good idea. I learned a little bit. Certainly LINQ is interesting. And it's nice to see that WPF has a lot of support internally. Actually it does worry me that Microsoft thought for a while that WPF would take over HTML. That won't happen. And I think just the opposite will happen. WPF is like a fencing sword, it's nimble, complex and to use it properly requires an artful approach. My guess is that WPF, for the time being, will be something requiring graphic artists, and over the long haul will require lots of seminars, courses, direct instruction and customer service. Perhaps that's why Microsoft is gearing up their developer envangelism. But my guess is that they will need artists and interaction designers to work almost as consultants to their higher profile customers.
I'll have to go through the agenda to try and bring back the other stuff that I learned. But in the mean time I have some new contacts and should be able to get on the beta for the new stuf. I did order myself a monster machine that will run Vista so that I can do real WPF development.
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