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 ==== Compassion for Microsoft ====
 
-Today we 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 was introducing XAML".  So we got sited 
+Today I went wirh Rafael 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 ===