Microsoft Metro

Apparently Microsoft is developing a new document printing specification, at present called Metro. Which raises a couple of interesting issues:
1) So it's XML based. SO WHAT?
2) Exactly what problem is it trying to solve that postscript has not already solved
3) How are they going to get it adopted? No point in my generating metro documents if you cannot read them. So who'll take the first step?

Is it just me or are they doing it just because they can?

Conspiracy theory: suppose they want to
- Come up with a universal document format for EVERY DOCUMENT regardless of type -- html, word processing, text, etc
- Go into the printer business
- Attempt to challenge Photoshop and Pagemaker in the media creation business?

Hmm....

AdobeMedia / MarcoAdobe

Adobe is acquring Macromedia. This is NOT a good thing for the industry, beause this is another monolith that controls the image manupulation and web desgin software sector

Africa Dot Net Meeting

There will be an Africa Dot Net user group meeting on the 16th. I'll be presenting something on "Development for the Broke". Alternatives to Visual Studio .NET, SQL Server, etc. Come one, come all. Microsoft EA at I&M Bank. Bring a friend while you're at it!