Entries from May 2007 ↓

I guess Microsoft has or will be canceling PDC 2007 this year due to the fact there is really nothing to talk about. (Windows Server 2008 will be announced at Dev Connections, SQL Server 2008 “Katmai” was introduced at BI Conference in Seattle, Silverlight was announced at Mix07 and Visual Studio “Orcas” has already been announced and given out as a CTP2 to MSDN subscribers.)

This is a bit disappointing because this is my favorite Microsoft Conference and its been almost 2 years since I went to one. If I had known this earlier I would have signed up for Mix 07 or Tech*Ed 07.

I never thought the day would come when I find out people like Mike Gunderloy have had it with Microsoft!  I don’t know Mike personally but I know several people (including my old boss) that were really tight with him.  His name would come up all the time as “The Microsoft Expert”.  Back when I was getting started in the consulting business, Mike G and Ken Getz where the Access 2.0 Gods!

The last couple of months I’ve been extremely busy and had zero time to go and read all my RSS Feeds or even add entries to my blog. (My five fans are now probably gone too!)  Today reading through my other feeds I found that  Mike G had a new site called “A fresh Cup”.   I started going through Mike’s site and came across an entry that he’s had enough with Microsoft.  Hell, he even bought himself a Macbook Pro!  If it was still April I would have thought that this was an extended April fools joke!  I don’t know all the details but something must have been pulling him away for a while. I don’t think it’s just the one thing that made him decide to really try to no use anything created from Microsoft.

I really hope that Mike G can work it out because his expertise is something the community can not afford to lose!