The annual conference for programmers and developers Microsoft Build has fallen victim to the coronavirus: the event will not be held in the traditional format this year.
The first Microsoft Build conference was organized in 2011. Since then, the event has been held annually in various cities across the United States, including San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington. Thousands of web developers and software specialists traditionally took part in the conference.
It was expected that this year the event will be held in Seattle from May 19 to 21. However, due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus that has already claimed the lives of about 5 thousand people around the world, Microsoft has changed plans.
βThe safety of our community is a top priority. In light of the advice from the Washington state health authorities, we have decided to digitize the annual Microsoft Build developer event,β the Redmond giant said in a statement.
In other words, the conference will be held in virtual space. This will avoid the accumulation of a large number of people associated with the risk of further spread of the disease.
Source: 3dnews.ru