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June 22, 2004
I'm in Seattle today to keynote an internal Microsoft conference on Web publishing. I'm going to make a plea for amateurism, which is really a plea for voice and ambiguity. About twenty of us went out to dinner last night and had a great a time. I don't think I've ever met a Microsofty that I've disliked. In my 15 years of experience with 'em, I've generally found them to be hugely bright, passionate, and funny ... although some of what they do when they're put together into the mighty Microsoft Entity deeply disturbs me. Even so, the people I've met have been straightforward and non-huffy when talking about where we disagree. (Disclosure: Yes, Microsoft is paying me for speaking. No, I am not required to say nice things to or about them.) I'm meeting with Microsoft Research in the afternoon and I think I'm going to go over the current outline of the book I'm pre-working on, which has something to do with how the info revolution is changing the principles by which we categorize and classify things, and how this is affecting how we understand ourselves and the world. Something like that. Posted
by D. Weinberger at June 22, 2004 07:24 AM
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Comments
Oh they are so nice and smart and always tell the truth:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/facts/default.asp
And they would never ever do anything like fund
sco's lawsuit against linux?
http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5172426.html?tag=nefd_lede
Ugh!
Posted by: Greg | June 22, 2004 06:36 PM
David, if you are in town longer, holler and I'll buy you some chocolate!
Posted by: Nany White | June 22, 2004 11:40 PM
Hi David
Many of us in the room this morning have been pretty impressed by your insight, sense of humour, provocative ideas and respect for people. That was a great session. Thanks again for coming. More on our team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/mscommunity/archive/2004/06/22/162689.aspx
Posted by: Olivier Ribet | June 23, 2004 12:21 AM
Greg, I'll stand by what I said: The ones I've met have been uniformly delightful, but the Entity, does some deeply disturbing stuff.
Nancy, sorry to have missed you.
Olivier, thanks!
Posted by: David Weinberger | June 23, 2004 08:12 AM