March Developer Conference Will Focus on Building Internet Applications

December 15, 1995

What: Professional Developers Conference on building Internet applications

When: March 12-14, 1996

Where: Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California

How much: US$945 if registered before January 31 (US$1045 thereafter)

Microsoft will sponsor a three-day Professional Developers Conference on building Internet applications March 12-14 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California.

The conference will focus on advanced client/server technology, using the Windows 95 operating system and the Microsoft BackOffice family of server software to create Internet applications. More than 100 sessions and technical breakouts are planned. Participants will receive a beta copy of the Win32 Software Development Kit, and other takeaways.

The cost will be US$945 for developers registering before January 31 (US$1045 thereafter). A day of preconference sessions will be held on March 11.

For complete information, go to the Microsoft events site.

To register by phone, call (800) 545-8240 in North America or (612) 550-6390 elsewhere. By e-mail, contact msevent@cci.cmgt.carlson.com

Professional Developers Conference or Tech*Ed Which to choose?

Q. Which of the two major developer conferences sponsored by Microsoft should a developer attend? The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in San Francisco or Microsoft Tech*Ed 96, April 15-19 in Los Angeles?

A. The Professional Developers Conference is primarily for independent developers who build Win32, OLE and Internet applications that eventually get packaged and sold at retail. Tech*Ed is primarily for developers who purchase that packaged software and use it with Microsoft tools to develop corporate applications.