http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2007/05/15/come-one-come-all.aspx"...but not if you're a competitor!" An interesting e-mail discussion thread was generated early this morning among IT Evangelists at Microsoft. It all started with this forwarded e-mail (thanks, James, for blogging it) . In summary - A Google producten-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2007/05/15/come-one-come-all.aspx#972249Wed, 16 May 2007 00:15:10 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:972249Kevin Remde<p>I must confess - I actually did a search (Windows Live**, naturally) and found the registration page for the event in question. &nbsp;I came very close to registering. &nbsp;But then better judgement took over. &nbsp;(And also, they aren't doing one of those in Minneapolis. )</p> <p>**Ironic, isn't it?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=972249" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2007/05/15/come-one-come-all.aspx#972037Tue, 15 May 2007 23:37:32 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:972037Chris Haaker<p>Is this some new bizarre denial of service attack? Fill all the seats with Microsofties? LOL. PS You werent talking about conservative vs. liberal cheeks were you? ;)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=972037" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2007/05/15/come-one-come-all.aspx#971608Tue, 15 May 2007 22:16:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:971608Mike D<p>Seems like this goes against their &quot;First Do no Evil&quot; philosophy. I can't really see anyway they can spin this to make them look good. Unless MS was planning on filling every seat in the house they are just looking paranoid and selfish. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=971608" width="1" height="1">