MBF and WinFS: A view of the world I am entering
Tim Brookins is an Architect on the MBF team (and he is based in Fargo). When I got impatient waiting for a reply about the position in the MBF team, an email to Tim was the thing that sparked it all off ;).
I just read a post from Tim (two days old) that explains the tie between MBF and WinFS and answers a few questions people might have about the scope of the MBF effort.
I'm sure after reading that, you can understand why I'm really excited about getting over there and getting into it!