...stands on the steps and looks around, but doesn't go inside. At the moment, I can see the Supreme Court* from my room at the Marriott Hotel by Brooklyn Bridge in New York, which is currently home to a Microsoft Office Reviewers Workshop. These workshops are the main chance for journalists and analysts to talk to the developers without involving the marketing people. Steven Sinofsky, the head of Office who was recently put in charge of the next Windows, is giving the opening speech. However, this is all under an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) which runs to the end of the month, so you're not going to get a blow-by-blow account.
It's an interesting audience, and I might mention some names later. The first thing I've noticed is that the two people on my right and the one in front are all using Tablet PCs, and one of them is a Samsung Q1 UMPC (Origami), but of course, keyboards still dominate....
* Update: the State of New York, Kings County branch, of course....
