{"id":1045,"date":"2008-07-16T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T17:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2008-07-16T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T21:53:38","slug":"space-elevator-vista-edition-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"Space Elevator (Vista Edition?) Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only\u00a0two more days until the 2008 Space Elevator Conference<\/a> begins.\u00a0 It’s being sponsored, in part, by Microsoft<\/a> and is being held at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, Washington.<\/p>\n

The Microsoft connection has been noted in at least one place in the blogosphere by a Microsoft employee.\u00a0 In Under an Orange Sky<\/strong>, blogger Cian Hayes, in a post<\/a> titled ‘Windows Vista Space Elevator Edition’<\/em> notes that “The company newsletter today had a blurb about a space elevator conference being held on the microsoft campus this month.\u00a0 Yes, one of <\/em>those <\/em><\/a>elevators.\u00a0 Apparently Microsoft is sponsoring the conference, which is interesting because we’re not really known for throwing our weight behind crackpot schemes…”<\/em><\/p>\n

GeekNews also notes<\/a> the Microsoft connection.<\/p>\n

<\/a>My own Microsoft story…\u00a0 I’ve never worked FOR Microsoft, but I have worked with their technical people.\u00a0 My last job (before I retired) was at a Silicon-valley based company called Portal Software (now owned by Oracle).\u00a0 We had product (Infranet) which Microsoft was implementing to help\u00a0them bill for\u00a0their Internet services.\u00a0 I had to attend a meeting with the Microsoft people in Bellevue and, just the way my time\/schedule worked out, I was the first person to arrive at the restaurant where the meeting was being held.\u00a0 I couldn’t find where to sit down so I asked the waiter where the table was.\u00a0 He asked me which company was hosting the dinner and, when I told him ‘Microsoft’, he replied ‘Oh, the Borg’.\u00a0 Well, I thought it was funny…<\/p>\n

Seriously, we’re all grateful\u00a0to Microsoft for\u00a0hosting this conference.\u00a0 This isn’t the first time they’ve been involved with something related to the Space Elevator.\u00a0 As I related in an earlier post<\/a>, Bryan Laubscher once gave a presentation at Microsoft and one can only hope that they do see some long-term benefit to this.\u00a0 Nothing like having one of the powers of the Universe behind you…<\/p>\n

Only two more days – see you there!<\/p>\n

Picture of Jean-Luc Picard from <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>
\nMicrosoft Logo from here<\/a> (and yes, I think I’ve complied with all of the copyright restrictions…)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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