great write up.. a ton of stuff there and no glaring errors ;-)

Woody, Thanks for the great overview of what's coming in 2010! You've nailed the key improvments that the SharePoint team is excited about. Keep up the great posts! Also, you should consider joining the SharePoint conversation at http://www.facebook.com/office Cheers, Andy MSFT Office Outreach Team

Woody, Great summary. You're writing is impeccable and I had not seen this level of detail on FAST anywhere else. -Tom

Thanks guys! Tom - one of the things I really worked to figure out at the conference was where the features divided between the standard SharePoint search and the FAST Search for SharePoint. Most of the demos emphasized the latter (it is the new big thing, after all), so it wasn't as easy as I would have wished.