I hate it when they make a big splash around the world about something new and then we find out it will be released sometime…this spring. With big announcements should come the final product at the same time. So, Microsoft, is it March, April, May? You must know when. Email me and tell me if you will….RJ

It is frustrating when there’s no specific date, but at least they narrowed it down to a season instead of saying “sometime this year.”

it sounds a bit like Photosynth ([labs.live.com]) for the sky, which from what i can guess, might be harder to do because of the nature and size of information. which it make it even more special.

today, with things like googleearth used by terrorists around the world, not to mention the regular Joe, something similar of the sky might not impress us, or many of us anyway, but it is a major step in the field of photo analysis. so keep up the great work Microsoft. at least in this areas you are doing something right.

Looks cool but how are they going to make money off of this?

At this point, they’re not. There’s no business model behind this. Just like how Google has several different services that bring them no money, not even from ads.

I think we’ll find that out once it actually gets released. I’m curious about this as well.

There’s nothing wrong with preferring those earthly constructs.

Christ, Scoble.

Nice presentation for passionate stargazers. As far as I’m concerned, I think I’ll pass. I’m afraid conceptions like the Big Bang, the Milky Way, telescopes or Astronomy are not my cup of tea. I prefer more earthly constructs like Firefox, iPhone, the Internet or computers.

Regards,

Omar.-