I just got back from the pre-launch event. It was pretty much a "beer and cheese". Got to love those. We're doing them all the time in Redmond.

I got talking to a few guys for most of the time. It is amazing to hear folks from back home speaking so authoritatively about the platform that you work on! John, pictured below, had a lot of interesting things to say about ASP.Net. I definitely understood where he ws coming from and had had some of the same experiences. He also made some interesting comparisons with Ruby. It certainly does seem like dynamic/scripting languages are rising in popularity.

Here's a picture of the 3 guys I talked to most. Of the 4 guys pictured, I'm the one on the left with the brown shirt. The other guys from the left are Obi, Richard and John.

Time to go to bed. I'm still on Pacific time, but won't feel much like that when I need to get up on Eastern time for the launch!