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+== Brain backup for September 2007 ==
+
+The story continues at OctoberBlog
+
+=== Sat, Sep 22nd ===
+
+==== Compassion for Microsoft? ====
+
+Today Rafael and I went through [[MIT]] to have lunch at the
+StattonBuilding.
+
+Along the InfiniteCorridor, we've seen an ad inviting to a Microsoft conference
+on development tools.  Scheduled for today and started a few minutes earlier
+in room 6-120. The ad said silly slogans such as "smart tools for smart people!"
+and "let's talk with Microsoft!"  Clearly, they were trying to hire MIT grads!
+
+So we went to see what this was about.  The room was not exactly crowded: only
+a young man eating pizza and a woman wearing a Microsoft T-Shirt.
+We asked if the conference was still planned, and the woman told us: "yes, I've
+just started introducing XAML, the new ''lingua franca'' for user interface description".
+
+So we got sited and watched a presentation which basically said they're still
+busy reinventing XUL and Glade... So they can deliver SilverLight, a Flash
+clone that depends on the .NET runtime.
+
+"Questions?".  There weren't any.  She offered us a free DVD with developer
+tools.  Me and Rafael each took a copy to be polite.  The other guy didn't
+bother.  I had never realized how pathetic Microsoft has become.  These days,
+very few people are interested in what they do and what they say.
+Unexpectedly, today I felt some compassion for them... or at least for
+their employees.
+
+

 === Tue, Sep 11th ===
 
 ==== Compatibility =====
 === Tue, Sep 11th ===
 
 ==== Compatibility =====


@@ -9,6 +42,7 @@ I've also been helping to enhance compatibility with BadVista.
 I'm currently adding support for the EthiopianLocale,
 which isn't as easy as you would expect.
 
 I'm currently adding support for the EthiopianLocale,
 which isn't as easy as you would expect.
 

+

 === Sun, Sep 9th ===
 
 Some big updates to GeekiGeeki, the software that runs this wiki.
 === Sun, Sep 9th ===
 
 Some big updates to GeekiGeeki, the software that runs this wiki.


@@ -93,3 +127,6 @@ Mr Chen arrived in the UnitedStates alone, and didn't speak
 English at all.  He worked very hard for 15 years so he could
 retire at a reasonable age.  His story makes me hope for the
 better.
 English at all.  He worked very hard for 15 years so he could
 retire at a reasonable age.  His story makes me hope for the
 better.

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