A lot of folks in and around the Microsoft space are familiar with the infamous “Developers, developers, developers” talk that Steve Ballmer gave many years ago. Developers that use Microsoft technologies are a primary focus of the tools and products that come out of Redmond. They find supporting their developers very, very important.
Likewise, I find supporting the development community very, very important. I not only get my paycheck from developing, I really enjoy developing (well, most days anyway!
Time Zones are a great thing for most of the human population. Due to time zones we all have a consistent understanding of the time of the day. Noon means the middle of the day, or when the sun is at it’s highest point. Midnight means the dead of night. In any language, or country, most people understand that 5 AM is really, really early in the morning. Without time zones we would all be using the same time.
If you are interested in Cloud Computing and Windows Azure you may want to check out the Cloud Burst conference happening tomorrow (Thursday 27th of October) and Friday. Now you may be saying, wow, that’s short notice and I can’t grab a plane to Sweden in time (the Concorde stopped flying a while back), but the awesome news is that they will be live streaming the full event! All the sessions will be in English.