<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2208887,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">Microsoft has hired the creator of the SubSonic tool set</A> and plans to use SubSonic as a key part of an upcoming platform. Rob Conery founded the open-source SubSonic project, which helps a Web site build itself, according to SubSonic's Web site. Conery blogged about the hire Oct. 26, with a host of observers chiming in to respond about the news.