I do wonder how Microsoft will manage the transition of the NT generation. Raymond Chen has been doing this kind of work for thirty years. He probably has, what, another ten years, max? Who are the next generation of Windows gurus that will take up the mantle?

Hanselman is good on the blog part, but not in Chen's class re Windows domain expertise. And Windows is not, despite all that is said, going away anytime soon. I think this could be a real problem.

Hopefully there is a set of 25 year old developers in the Windows team who have deep and growing skills in Winternals, and Microsoft have the good sense to encourage them in their career.