i'm in redmond the rest of this week for the 'microsoft web dev technology' summit.  similar in nature to mts, however much more web developer specific (hence the name).  there are about 25 people here from various non-msft technology worlds, mostly php (with a hint of java/rails/css).

john bland is here and had this first comment regarding some of the microsoft people he's met:

All of them were cool. I honestly thought they’d be ultra techie or something but, well…some are techie but none ultra, most of them are very open to other worlds, etc. So far, it is a pretty coo experience.

some others that are here are: adam trachtenberg, christian wenz, wez furlong, jason gillmore.

it should be a good few days of content and conversation -- i'll do my best to post the good stuff...