Worldwide Developers' Conference
International Mac Experts and Enthusiasts To Meet at WWDC
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference will happen on June 11,2007 in San Francisco. Global IT professionals will meet and attend the company's high-profile events.
The countdown to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference has started.
On June 11th 2007, the WWDC starts, and will continue on until June 15th.
This conference usually attracts approximately 5,000 international attendees, including Apple software developers, enthusiasts and journalists. The event is considered an important one in the schedule of all IT professionals.
At this year's conference, Apple intend to demonstrate a feature-full version of their new and upcoming operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard". The PR is calling it "the worlds most advanced operating system".
The event is going to be quite exciting as several new features of "Leopard" will be announced and demonstrated. Attendees can also expect to hear an update of the sales statistics regarding the iPod, the Mac and the iTunes Store. With music downloads gaining fast on in-store sales, this number will important and likely well-reported in the media.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs usually starts the series of events, giving his famous and important keynote speech to a large, cheering crowd. Those who are not able to attend in person, will be able to watch the keynote a few hours afterwards on the Apple website.
Apple is in the habit of making grand gestures at these events. At this year's Macworld, another high profile event that Apple host, the iPhone was announced and demonstrated. The iPhone will also run a slimmed down version of the Macintosh operating system.
Many new products and technologies have been previously released at the Worldwide Developers' Conference during previous years.
Rival Microsoft have recently had their developers' conference, where they announced a new technology, which is also available for the Mac, called Silverlight. This is a web technology designed to deliver more rich Internet experiences, compared to the Adobe Flash format.
Apple have always been a company that invents new products, open up new markets and tend to set the stage, so attendees of the WWDC can rest assured the event will be chock full of newsworthy items and demonstrations. Such is its appeal that many Mac-aholic queue up days before the event, erecting tents in the street to sleep in overnight, so they can be the first to join the line to get in when the doors open.
For more information: visit the WWDC website
