Some of the biggest names in Open Source were at Mix07 and participated in a panel discussion "Open Source, the Web, Interoperability and Microsoft". 
Pictured left to right: Sam Ramji - Microsoft, Rob Conery - SubSonic, Andi Gutmans - Zend Technologies, Mike Schroepfer - Mozilla, Miguel de Icaza - Mono, Novell, (William) whurley - BMC Software.
Miguel de Icaza has an excellent post on his reactions to the Microsoft announcements and the Mix conference.
A very impressive set of demos at Mix 07, the 72 hour conversation that Microsoft is having in las Vegas.
The focus was mostly around Silverlight, Microsoft's new web plugin to author rich application and tools used to design this content.
The whole Expression suite was adorable, and Blend is fantastic.
The demos were pretty amazing, Scott built a nice animation for an airline reservation system on stage.
Later the Open Source guys joined a chorus line with Microsoft's Sam Ramji in a demonstration of unity and harmony. Even though we might have different approaches to the software business, we all have the same goal...deliver great software solutions that solve real problems.
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