re: We could be heroes ... just for one day.

Neil — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:51:18 GMT

It was a good day let down by the simulcast of the keynote speech into Hall 4. By displaying both the speaker and the powerpoint/demo screen side by side it was absolutely impossible to read anything on the slides or demo screens. I almost walked out of that session but stayed and did some reading instead!

re: We could be heroes ... just for one day.

Chris Latham — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:16:48 GMT

Despite being at the mercy of the Rail Network to travel to Birmingham I hugely enjoyed the day.

One thing (apart from Read-Only DCs, Application Publishing, EasyPrint and Server Core!) sticks out in my mind as an experience - as I sat in the community lounge, a Microsoft employed developer sat down next to me, introduced himself and starting chatting about what our experiences were as a company, what we were doing as a department and that they genuinely enthused about what the same products had done for them internally.

So, big event, but in the midst of a vast impersonal Partner Reception, a personal touch which meant so much.

One regret - that I couldn't stay right to the end and the geek dinner, and that I simply didn't get to see everything throughout the day - I would have loved to have done more hands-on, seen a chalk and talk session or two - can we have a two day launch next time?!

As you sped past me up the stairs during I think it was Steve Lamb's security session I couldn't help but think that having "Oh there's James, and later, Oh - there's George Mitcham" pop into my head meant that from a community standpoint the day had been a success as well.