Nighttime at Microsoft

March 7, 2006 By

Damn, things are busy here at Microsoft tonight. I’m hanging out with the first open source team at Microsoft (the WIX team). Here’s a photo I shot while we were eating pizza. I didn’t realize this, but they meet every week until late in the evening. They do this on their own time. Their installer technology is used by almost every team at Microsoft (and many, many companies outside Microsoft).

Across 520 Sanaz has a team working on shipping some new stuff for Live.com tonight. I’m heading over there soon to get a look.

I should do a video of all the things that happen at night here.

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  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ scobleizer

    bubba: our MS Office file formats ARE open now. Or, didn’t ya hear?

    But, isn’t it ironic that open source projects like MySQL rely on Microsoft developed technology? It MUST be evil!

  • Guzzard

    When I first read this post, I thought, Open Source Windows? Then I read further. But, I was thinking an Open Source or Free version of Windows, nothing fancy, just something that does basic things, like Email and Web, doesn’t support applications, just Live.com or such things, sorta like an applicance, but installable on any machine.

  • Guzzard

    When I first read this post, I thought, Open Source Windows? Then I read further. But, I was thinking an Open Source or Free version of Windows, nothing fancy, just something that does basic things, like Email and Web, doesn’t support applications, just Live.com or such things, sorta like an applicance, but installable on any machine.

  • Guzzard

    When I first read this post, I thought, Open Source Windows? Then I read further. But, I was thinking an Open Source or Free version of Windows, nothing fancy, just something that does basic things, like Email and Web, doesn’t support applications, just Live.com or such things, sorta like an applicance, but installable on any machine.

  • Jake

    I was concerned that you all had become tree hugging bike riding environmentalists seeking rainy depressing climes.

    Good to see there are a few manly men developing and deploying late at night and eating pizza. I hope that’s pizza without pineapple on it.

    Take that Open Source Developers. Take that Google. Microsofties still represent.

  • Jake

    I was concerned that you all had become tree hugging bike riding environmentalists seeking rainy depressing climes.

    Good to see there are a few manly men developing and deploying late at night and eating pizza. I hope that’s pizza without pineapple on it.

    Take that Open Source Developers. Take that Google. Microsofties still represent.

  • Jake

    I was concerned that you all had become tree hugging bike riding environmentalists seeking rainy depressing climes.

    Good to see there are a few manly men developing and deploying late at night and eating pizza. I hope that’s pizza without pineapple on it.

    Take that Open Source Developers. Take that Google. Microsofties still represent.

  • http://www.brandonlive.com/ Brandon Paddock

    Jake, dude, seriously. Don’t diss the pizza with pineapple on it!

  • http://www.brandonlive.com/ Brandon Paddock

    Jake, dude, seriously. Don’t diss the pizza with pineapple on it!

  • http://www.brandonlive.com Brandon Paddock

    Jake, dude, seriously. Don’t diss the pizza with pineapple on it!

  • http://www.brandonlive.com/ Brandon Paddock

    Oh, and I know the Toolbar team down in california was up pretty late.

    The WDS team certainly kept busy though.

    I’m used to staying late when I’m working on something really interesting (Which is pretty much ALL the time). But last night I just had more company than usual =)

  • http://www.brandonlive.com/ Brandon Paddock

    Oh, and I know the Toolbar team down in california was up pretty late.

    The WDS team certainly kept busy though.

    I’m used to staying late when I’m working on something really interesting (Which is pretty much ALL the time). But last night I just had more company than usual =)

  • http://www.brandonlive.com Brandon Paddock

    Oh, and I know the Toolbar team down in california was up pretty late.

    The WDS team certainly kept busy though.

    I’m used to staying late when I’m working on something really interesting (Which is pretty much ALL the time). But last night I just had more company than usual =)

  • German

    The “WiX”-team?!? I strongly recommend doing some research before chosing abbreviations like that. I mean no German-speaking person will be able to keep a straight face when hearing that term. That’s why the Commodore VIC-20 whas labeled VC-20 over here, oh well…

  • German

    The “WiX”-team?!? I strongly recommend doing some research before chosing abbreviations like that. I mean no German-speaking person will be able to keep a straight face when hearing that term. That’s why the Commodore VIC-20 whas labeled VC-20 over here, oh well…

  • German

    The “WiX”-team?!? I strongly recommend doing some research before chosing abbreviations like that. I mean no German-speaking person will be able to keep a straight face when hearing that term. That’s why the Commodore VIC-20 whas labeled VC-20 over here, oh well…

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  • http://noblogger.org/ Jørgen Veisdal

    This is just the coolest thing ever, I love seing stuff like this (the one with the IE team about RSS and that one with the tablet pc team) where you guys just hang out having pizza or coke, and talking. Imagine being able to hang around with people that are all interessted in the same things you are, they are the best at what they do and you can feed of eachothers ideas in making products used by an entire industry.

    To fun.

  • http://noblogger.org/ Jørgen Veisdal

    This is just the coolest thing ever, I love seing stuff like this (the one with the IE team about RSS and that one with the tablet pc team) where you guys just hang out having pizza or coke, and talking. Imagine being able to hang around with people that are all interessted in the same things you are, they are the best at what they do and you can feed of eachothers ideas in making products used by an entire industry.

    To fun.

  • http://noblogger.org Jørgen Veisdal

    This is just the coolest thing ever, I love seing stuff like this (the one with the IE team about RSS and that one with the tablet pc team) where you guys just hang out having pizza or coke, and talking. Imagine being able to hang around with people that are all interessted in the same things you are, they are the best at what they do and you can feed of eachothers ideas in making products used by an entire industry.

    To fun.

  • Jens

    >>The “WiX”-team?!? I strongly recommend doing some research before chosing abbreviations like that. I mean no German-speaking person will be able to keep a straight face when hearing that term.

  • Jens

    >>The “WiX”-team?!? I strongly recommend doing some research before chosing abbreviations like that. I mean no German-speaking person will be able to keep a straight face when hearing that term.

  • Jens

    >>The “WiX”-team?!? I strongly recommend doing some research before chosing abbreviations like that. I mean no German-speaking person will be able to keep a straight face when hearing that term.

  • Jens

    oops, sorry the quoting doesn’t quite work. It decided to cut everything off after

  • Jens

    oops, sorry the quoting doesn’t quite work. It decided to cut everything off after

  • Jens

    oops, sorry the quoting doesn’t quite work. It decided to cut everything off after

  • Jens

    oops it did it again. Bug report please. if you do two left facing brackets it’ll cut off everything written after them.

    Anyways, looks like scoble decided to just ignore my comment at #2, though international language research is important as one can see here…. ;-)

  • Jens

    oops it did it again. Bug report please. if you do two left facing brackets it’ll cut off everything written after them.

    Anyways, looks like scoble decided to just ignore my comment at #2, though international language research is important as one can see here…. ;-)

  • Jens

    oops it did it again. Bug report please. if you do two left facing brackets it’ll cut off everything written after them.

    Anyways, looks like scoble decided to just ignore my comment at #2, though international language research is important as one can see here…. ;-)

  • J. Random Poster

    Jens,

    Sounds like Microsoft is finally adopting “truth in advertising”.

    -jcr

  • J. Random Poster

    Jens,

    Sounds like Microsoft is finally adopting “truth in advertising”.

    -jcr

  • J. Random Poster

    Jens,

    Sounds like Microsoft is finally adopting “truth in advertising”.

    -jcr

  • Dmad

    what, exactly, do you know about Live.com that enables you to help? Or do they need someone to finish off the pizza?

  • Dmad

    what, exactly, do you know about Live.com that enables you to help? Or do they need someone to finish off the pizza?

  • Dmad

    what, exactly, do you know about Live.com that enables you to help? Or do they need someone to finish off the pizza?

  • http://www.zidao.com Ellen Wallace

    This is just getting too depressing. Pizza delivery is decades behind in Europe. Could one of you unemployed guys please buy a bike, get a couple good American pizza recipes and start deliveries? I’d buy at least two a week, my son 5, each of his buddies 5-10. A fortune waiting for someone. And do improve those photos so I can see what’s on your pizzas, while I wait.

  • http://www.zidao.com/ Ellen Wallace

    This is just getting too depressing. Pizza delivery is decades behind in Europe. Could one of you unemployed guys please buy a bike, get a couple good American pizza recipes and start deliveries? I’d buy at least two a week, my son 5, each of his buddies 5-10. A fortune waiting for someone. And do improve those photos so I can see what’s on your pizzas, while I wait.

  • http://www.zidao.com/ Ellen Wallace

    This is just getting too depressing. Pizza delivery is decades behind in Europe. Could one of you unemployed guys please buy a bike, get a couple good American pizza recipes and start deliveries? I’d buy at least two a week, my son 5, each of his buddies 5-10. A fortune waiting for someone. And do improve those photos so I can see what’s on your pizzas, while I wait.

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