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  1. So, Jim, tell us a little about whom you are, what you do, you responsibilities, your role at Microsoft is?
  2. So, on a daily basis? What does a CLR architect do? What are you doing, day in, day out, morning?
  3. So basically you're saying you're responsible for the global assembly cache and stuff like that?
  4. You mentioned, when you talked about what you're working on as an Architect, you mentioned configuration. Tease us a little bit. Tell us what you're working on in terms of configuration. Are .config files going to go away? What's cooking back there?
  5. So there's more beyond publisher policy. There's more of that kinds of stuff?
  6. So how far out are you, ahead of the rest of us? Not necessarily in terms of days or months. But how far ahead of us, in the sense of generations? When will we see what Jim Miller is working on today?
  7. It's obvious that Microsoft has put significant amount of effort into the standardization commitees. I know that that was a significant part of your role as an architect on the CLR. Why?
  8. So, we have the second generation of the product coming, the .NET 2.0 framework. Will we see .NET 2.0 standards? And do you know a time schedules, when?
  9. I know you were involved, to some degree, with the release of Roder, the shared source implementation of the CLI. Obviously with the new release coming forward, are we going to see a Roder-Whidbey, Roder 2.0, whatever you're going to call it?
  10. Obviously, as the architect, as any architect, I'm sure will agree, there's tremendous amount of heart and soul that you've put into the CLR. And as any proud parent, I'm sure you're happy, and justifiably so, with what has come out. But what aspects of the CLR, in retrospect, do you wish maybe you hadn't shipped. And I guess, more importantly, what would you like to see done, going forward? What new things would you like to see the CLR embrace?
  11. Sort of like the Ruby the Python.
  12. In your answer you said, "proposal". You were making a proposal. To whom? To whom are you making these proposals? Is this to the commitees? Is this to Microsoft? Is this to Bill?
  13. So, obviously, one of the key elements of the CLR, is security? And as we've seen, with Bill Gates, security push, and so forth? Is the CLR incode access security the answer to Microsoft's security problems? Microsoft's and other's security problems, let me be fair?
  14. And that's the direction Java's at right now?
  15. So, thank you Jim, for your time. And just as a parting shot, I just wanted to say, I'm thoroughly enjoying your book, "The Annotated CLI...", help me with the title again.