$425 B personified
There was a recent report out the other week that talked about the value of the Microsoft ecosystem totaling $425 billion. 
Just looking at the number, it didn't really register for me (after a certain point, large numbers lose their personal nature for me.) However, being at my first TechEd Developers conference earlier this month, that number is now personified by all of the students, partners, businesses, product teams, MVPs and more here in Barcelona. It really is amazing to see this many people who are part of the ecosystem -- not only just see, but to interact with them on their day to day experiences with MSDN. Thanks to all who dropped by the MSDN booth to say hi and share your questions and thoughts with us:-)
Brian Hsi works with the MSDN, TechNet and Expression teams focused on community planning. Prior to this, Brian worked as a product manager for blogs and forums, in addition to working on a wide variety of community initiatives for MSN Games.
