MGX Day 1

Day 1 of MGX wasn't the usual 12 hour marathon we have sometimes endured in the past. In fact it was a terrific day. We spent the day in the air conditioned luxury of the TD Waterhouse stadium which is home to the Orlando Magic and heard some really great sessions.  Lisa Brummel did the MyMicrosoft thing, we celebrated success way more than usual and our graduates made a LOT of noise - despite being out late I suspect. The set for this gig was amazing – I got some video of it that I’ll try post here but the graphic above was used a lot and the LED screens reminded me of being at a U2 gig. Coolio!

The People Ready Business messaging came through loud and clear and it’s great to see more and more alignment around having business conversations and talking about solutions rather than product, product, product. The place is snowed under with PRB DVD’s today so expect more on it over the coming weeks.

The mashup demo from Partner Conference appeared again as did a tonne of other cool stuff, notably from Jim Allchin with rocking Vista demos.

So what’s the takeaway from Day 1: People Ready Business is here to stay – it’s not a fad, it’s a big differentiator but we need to explain it better to people. I’m gonna get a PTS-TV video out on it soon as it can be a tricky one to explain and after 2 Corona’s I’m not going to try right now!

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