Read original post by John Papa at Visual Studio Magazine
It's almost Spring; for the past several years, that's been the time I found myself furiously organizing activities, demos, keynotes, sessions, schedules and more at Microsoft's premier Web conference, MIX. But not this year. Not 2012. As most of you know, Microsoft officially cancelled MIX -- not just this year, but for good, as explained in this official blog post from Tim O'Brien, GM of Developer Platform Evangelism (DPE) at Microsoft.