Interesting news in the context of two HN posts from last week.<p>First was the question of the future of the .Net platform in Windows 8.<p>Second was regarding the quality of technical books these days (Gamma being the author of one of my top 5 or so books, one that changed the way I look at software development).
I note that Microsoft doesn't have an office presence in Zurich according to their website, which means they must be opening an office especially for Erich - incredible.