Some thoughts on comments on the last two weeks of events.
Interact08 was a great event, given the niche and this being it's first year smaller than your average Microsoft event but that allowed much closed interaction, no pun intended, between everyone there. A worthwhile event and trip for sure.
If you have existing knowledge of either Microsoft infrastructure or of VoIP and IP telephony it an excellent event to get up to speed on Microsoft unified communications.
The MVP Summit was excellent as always. An opportunity for us to hear from the product groups about their future plans and for us to give honest and heart-felt feedback.
Steve Ballmer's keynote has got a lot of press attention. The two that I've caught are over et The Register and Microsoft Watch. I've not Ballmer speak before but his reputation preceded him. I'm impressed, his frankness, ability to take criticism but also push back when needed was great. The transcript over at the Microsoft PressPass gives the full story although obviously lacks the atmosphere.
Finally, I got delayed on the way out due to snowfall at Heathrow, and this weekend as I leave Seattle yet more snowfall, in April.. what's happened to spring?
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