[cap-talk] Midori in The Register

[Ben Laurie]

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Rob Jellinghaus <rjellinghaus at gmail.com> wrote:
> From marcs:
>>Is there anything anyone in the dark heart of Microsoft can now tell us
>> about this project, since the Register spilled some beans?
> To my understanding, the information in the SDTimes articles (the origin of
> all the ancillary coverage) was leaked without official Microsoft approval,
> and the Microsoft party line on this "Midori" project is still that it is an
> unannounced and not-publicly-discussed incubation venture.  So these
> articles change nothing in terms of what is officially or publicly
> disclosable by Microsoft employees.

It seems obvious that, regardless of Microsoft's actual plans, any OS
group at Microsoft is at some point going to address the question:
"how do we move the users to our toy?"

I don't think much can be read into that. Nor do I see much harm in
discussing the question.

> The only way to obtain more information about incubation projects is under
> NDA, such as the type of NDA issued before hiring interviews.
>
> I do think I can disclose that I am currently working for Microsoft, on a
> team with (among others) Ravi Pandya, Dean Tribble, Pavel Curtis, Eric
> Northup, and Chris Brumme.  (The latter is a familiar name if you follow
> the CLR world.)  Ravi and Dean recruited me in February and I started in
> earnest in early May.  My wife and I are glad to have relocated, both
> life-wise and work-wise!   And our team is, in fact, hiring....
>
> Cheers!
> Rob
> --
> Check my blog --> http://robjsoftware.org
>
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