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Ray Ozzie, Microsoft;s Chief Software Architect, has grow to be progressively notorious for his invisibility on the Internet 2.0 conference circuit. If the Microsoft Mix ‘08 Web site is any indication, Ozzie sightings are going to grow to be even scarcer in the new year.Unless Ozzie is a last-minute addition to the Microsoft Blend ‘08 keynote line-up, he won;t be one of the main speakers at Microsoft;s biggest Internet conference of the year.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures Guy Kawasaki are all about the keynote list for Mix ‘08. But Ozzie is nowhere to be seen about the preliminary line-up.Ozzie;s two big public appearances of 2007 were Combine ‘07 and the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting. That was it.Microsoft;s explanation, whenever anyone asks about Ozzie;s whereabouts, is he is busy helping the company figure out its Internet strategy. (Ozzie never responds directly himself.)I realize some companies use executive scarcity to help create demand and mystique. (Textbook example: Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner.) But isn;t Web two.0 all about collaboration, networking,Microsoft Office 2007 Product Key, blogging? Isn;t Ozzie supposed to get filling Chairman Bill Gates; Chief Software Architect shoes by serving as Microsoft;s public face to the tech world?Is there anything to be read into Ozzie;s disappearing act? What;s your take?