• 1992 –
San Francisco,
California. March 1–3, 1992 • 1993 –
San Jose,
California. March 1–3, 1993 • 1994 –
San Francisco,
California. February 23–25, 1994 • 1995 –
San Francisco,
California. March 20–22, 1995 • 1996 –
San Jose,
California. April 1–3, 1996 • 1997 –
San Francisco,
California. April 8–10, 1997 • 1998 –
Orlando,
Florida. March 25–27, 1998 • 1999 –
Los Angeles,
California. April 7–9, 1999 • 2000 –
New Orleans,
Louisiana. April 25–27, 2000 • 2001 –
Anaheim,
California. March 26–28, 2001. • Announcement of the availability of
Windows XP Beta 2, which includes the first public beta of
Internet Explorer 6. • 2002 –
Seattle,
Washington. April 16–18, 2002. • 2003 –
New Orleans,
Louisiana. May 6–8, 2003. • Bill Gates keynote; demonstrated "Athens" PC concept, discussed
64-bit computing, uptake of Windows XP. • Initial
Windows Longhorn demonstrations and discussions, focusing on a new Desktop Composition Engine (which later became known as the
Desktop Window Manager) • 2004 – Seattle, Washington. May 4–7, 2004. • Discussion of Longhorn release timeline and upcoming service packs for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 • Updated Athens concept PC design, named "Troy" based on a Longhorn user interface • 2005 –
Washington State Convention and Trade Center,
Seattle, Washington. April 25–27, 2005. • Bill Gates gave a keynote speech on various topics including Windows "Longhorn" (known later as
Windows Vista) and 64-bit computing. • 2006 – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington. May 23–25, 2006. Attendance of more than 3,700. • Microsoft announced the release of beta 2 of Windows Vista,
Windows Server "Longhorn" and
Microsoft Office 2007. • The
Free Software Foundation staged a protest outside the venue, wearing yellow hazmat suits and handing out pamphlets claiming that Microsoft products are "
Defective by Design" because of the
digital rights management technologies included in them. • 2007 –
Los Angeles Convention Center,
Los Angeles, California. May 15–17, 2007. • Immediately following
PDC 2008, held at the same venue, October 27–30. • Focusing on the then upcoming
Windows 7. • 2015 – Grand Hyatt Shenzhen Hotel,
Shenzhen,
China. March 18–19, 2015. • Microsoft released the source of the
Windows Driver Frameworks. • Focused on
Windows 10. ==References==