PDC Day 4
This is the last day of PDC. So far I've been to a Silverlight 2 talk and an unmanaged interop session. I'm currently sitting in a future look at AJAX, the last session.
One thing that really makes these sessions valuable and ultimately makes the worth of the conference is the ability to talk to people who are, at least in part, responsible for sections of an API or system that you work with.
For example, I spoke to the interop guru about an issue I'd had with STL objects being implemented in managed C++ (which was not my wish) and then being used by unmanaged objects thereby tanking my performance. I described my problem and asked if there was a solution beyond what I had done. And even though the answer was "no", I appreciated that I now have a definitive answer.
To all of our customers who stopped by our booth and took the time to speak with us, I thank you very much. I tried in every conversation to find out what we have done for you that has worked well and what we can do better in the future. I appreciate the kind words and the constructive criticisms.