Mix08 Keynote Address – some notes
Ray Ozzie took the stage first, Touched on the Yahoo! Offer. Sadly no big announcement there.
- Virtualization
- Device proliferation
- Reshaping of software landscape: Leveling of software provided to low and high ends of market
- “Server Symmetry”.
- Application design patterns are transitioning from being closely interlocked components to loose federations of cooperating systems
- Touched on the need to step out of the browser, and even beyond the pc. Apps need to take advantage of the particular device they run on.
- Sees fundamental shift in the way we develop as our apps shift towards living in The Cloud
Connected entertainment: License media once, use any device to access and enjoy media.
MS gone from the PC in every home to a Media Centre per individual / home. Zune / Mobile / PC / Home Server all sharing same media assets. (I like the sound of that J)
Tapping the benefits of the context / platform being used. This is something I have been talking about at work as a need for our own offerings too.
“Connected Productivity Strategy” – implied some big news around Office Live. Could this be the speculated-about Office delivered through Silverlight?
Exchange, Sharepoint, Office communication server already offered as service or onsite server products.
New offering: SQL Data Services moves SQL Server into the cloud. (Session tomorrow)
Next up: Scott Guthrie