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I've been contacted for the second time by Jordi Ribas from Bing.com but this time for a one to one chat rather than just a Round Table . First of all, even if I keep thinking why on earth they would like to know my opinion, I do appreciate the fact Microsoft teams are getting closer with developers as well (the problem is: do they know I am a web developer and not a web surfer?) One Hour Chat Nothing more and quite frenetic: I had a lot of questions while Jordi had to show me improvements since first disaster where they introduced bing UK showing us the USA version ... Different Teams Apparently Team System is not that powerful as we think. Microsoft teams are not sharing realtime code or improvements. There is a delay, that could be few days up to few months between USA and other versions and every team seems to be in charge of proper country search algorithm ... In my opinion this is a massive waste of resources for whatever IT company. The team knowledge is partially sandboxed...

It is probably too late and I did not check other guys blogs, but I would like to bring here my impressions about this Bing event I have been invited few days ago. How Did It Start Hi Andrea, I'm writing on behalf of Microsoft to invite you to a discussion about Bing, the new search engine that recently launched in beta in the UK. ... Colin Mercer, a member of Microsoft Life Without Walls initiative group, is a truly nice guy. Spontaneous, friendly, exactly that kind of guy that could let a group of foreigners feel comfortable since first meet up minutes. Being glad to have been invited without asking, and without being a Microsoft fun as well, of course I was there: to understand what this initiative was about and why they called me, raising my doubts from this high geek technical blog. Bing Round Table, The Good Part To be honest, I am not going to be that nice about this event, but I have to admit that seeing Microsoft trying to be closer than before with people that make Web l...

Tomorrow I am going to # meetbing to talk about Bing ( :P ) and its present/future. The event has been better described by Phil Leggetter and as He did, I would like to know if there is any tech question you would like me to bring there. So far, I kinda like what Bing API offers, and I am planning to use it soon, but my only concern is about requests limits over a single IP. Thinking about firewalled/natted/DHCPped infrastructure, 7 different people could not use a generic Bing gadget in the same moment ... anything else?