MVP summit this week in Seattle

In The Wow, Brandon mentioned the 2007 MVP Global Summit that's going on right
now in Seattle. Here's an interesting post written by Sean O'Driscoll, the
person in charge of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional program. A few
quick details:

1800+ participants from nearly 100 countries are participating (largest group
ever)
533 sessions are being offered to show MVPs the latest and help them connect
with peers and PMs
BillG will be giving the keynote address  

For more about the MVP program, go here.

Waggler:.... 

533 sessions are being offered to show MVPs the latest and help them connect
with peers and PMs 
BillG will be giving the keynote address  ....

Those are the only two points that bring out invidious feelings in John Obeto

Here's a link to an article with more about the MVP Summit...as well as a
gallery of photos on Seattlepi.com:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/307292_gates14.html   

(it's the next best thing to being there...almost...isn't it, John?) :)

Waggler:

(it's the next best thing to being there...almost...isn't it, John?) :)



Really, Waggler. The next best thing is having John there next year. (HH, please
execute Plan B.)

Nice article. This part caught my eye:

Without giving dates, [Gates] predicted the widespread use of 64-bit computing,
which he said will occur first on servers and then, within three years after
that, on desktop machines.

Good. The sooner, the better, said I to my self, said I.

WinFS by whatever name has a certain appeal. Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, really
nice coffee, good pastries ... Vienna!

And even more interestingly to me - he said that one of his favorite things in
his history of computing is the Tablet PC.  :)

It wasn't the usual cut and dried keynote.  It was an interesting, personal and
funny presentation.