Jim Allchin - From starving musician to Longhorn vice president

My favourite result from google maps - go to maps.google.co.uk, zoom in to an area, search for "pub" in tha map area below.
It takes you Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colarado, USA.
Err... I'm not sure thats in my local area...
daSmirnov wrote:Shame it could be a while to get UK arial/satellite shots, I think the only lot done have been commerical (and pretty expensive).
ScanIAm wrote:Still downloading the video, but I was wondering if this might push the MSFT stock up in the Google range
nik wrote:ok, i take back some part of that scepticism after seeing the overlay view, as well as the navigation.. these guys have done a good job, I just think it should have been done a lot earlier. Ajax is only new as a term, as a technology is has been around for years..
This service is said to be launched in early July and it's already the middle of that month - has it already been launched? Is it open for public testing? If yes, can somebody post a link to the service?
VIRTUAL EARTH MUST INCLUDE ALL SIGHTS WHERE CHANNEL 9 GUY HAS BEEN SPOTTED OR PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE GOING LIVE. (I think the little guy is gonna be on the space shuttle soon, so these guys better get live yesterday... )
Do you think Microsoft virtual earth will ever be able to compete with Google's service?
Especially with them both being huge companies, and am I correct to assume Google has had more time to allow for growth than Microsoft!?