PDC代表了Longhorn的三大支柱：
P — Presentation(Avalon)
D — Data(WinFS)
C — Communication(Indigo)
一月份的MSDN杂志将对Longhorn作专题报道，
1. Dino Esposito的”A First Look at Writing and Deploying Apps in the Next Generation of Windows”
- Charles Petzold的“Create Real Apps Using New Code and Markup Model“
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Richard Grimes的“Revolutionary File Storage System Lets Users Search and Manage Files Based on Content“
4. Don Box的“A Guide to Developing and Running Connected Systems with Indigo”
据说，PDC的参加者还获得了这本尚未出版的书: Introducing “Longhorn” for Developers(Brent Rector)
