::: {.Section1} [They have these special presentations in the press room in which certain topics are presented to a group vastly smaller than the general sessions. Generally, these are pretty mellow. At one this afternoon, though, the press made it clear that they are very skeptical that the Avalon / Windows Presentation Foundation technologies are in any way “the right thing.” Jerry Pournelle pulled a total Zell Miller, going on at length about the way that help works in Windows and then, having made his point, stomped out of the room. Other questioners were more sane, but still, it was clear that most journalists remember the early days of desktop publishing, Websites, etc… and the pain that happens before new standards are established.]{style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"} :::