No MEDC in 2008

You've probably heard the rumours, and now it's official: there will be no MEDC (Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference) in 2008, neither in the U.S. (used to be held in Las Vegas), nor any of the world-wide events. Instead, Microsoft will focus on other developer and industry events, like TechEd and ESC West, and cover mobile & embedded development there.

This, of course, is a bit sad on one hand, since MEDC was a great opportunity to meet people from the community & product groups. On the other hand, it only makes sense since mobile & embedded development is becoming more mainstream, and thus should be covered at the same events as other important technologies. So mark your calendars for TechEd.

If you want to share your feelings & thoughts around this decision, contact me & let me know. (It won't change anything for this year, but it may make you feel better afterwards ;-)

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 08, 2008
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• Anonymous
  January 17, 2008
  MEDC又叫微软移动与嵌入式大会，是mobile开发者们一年一度的盛大活动。 根据最新消息，2008年微软不再举办MEDC大会，包括美国本部。内部人士透露，Windows mobile相关的所有推广，将会放在TechEd等大会上进行。

• Anonymous
  January 19, 2008
  原文转自： http://blog.csdn.net/glacierLan/archive/2008/01/18/2051272.aspx MEDC又叫微软移动与嵌入式大会，是mobile开发者们一年一度的盛大活动。