With Windows Vista already a firmly entrenched product in many homes and some businesses, and with Windows Server 2008 cruising toward a final release in the second half of this year, Microsoft may feel it's time for its many partners and developers with an interest in Windows' success to stand and deliver. The company has made many of the architectural shifts and overhauls that these partners demanded three years ago. But for the end user to appreciate the benefits, developers have to change course, too.
So in an effort to move developers along their way, Microsoft is trying a new tack for its TechEd 2007 conference next week in Orlando - the company's largest educational conference each year. Rather than overload the agenda with keynote addresses full of promises, possibilities, and definite maybes, this year only a 90-minute opening keynote address has been scheduled, by senior vice president Bob Muglia. Then the attendees will be released for a full five-day agenda of sessions and laboratories.
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