RE: DevCon was Great!

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

make no mistake, I have no concerns on the quality of the other
conferences...or the Devcon.  I know the folks putting them on and they're
all truely top  drawer folks...  I just have a problem with being told
where I will and won't be able to stay...especially if I'm hoofing my own
tab...

Don in DC



On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Joe Pluta wrote:

> > From: Don
> >
> > Hey, Brad....
> >
> > Does Devcon have MANDITORY hotel requirements for attendees?  Ie, if
> you
> > don't stay at our high price hotels we charge you a tax kinda stuff??
>
> Nope.  Nothing like that.  And they have an unbeatable lineup of
> speakers: Gantner and Paris on RPG, Coulthard and Farr on WDSC.
> Denoncourt, Pelkie and Mason on various other technologies including
> lots of XML and Web Services and Wireless stuff.  And they let in people
> like me and Brad, as well <grin>.
>
> And labs, man there are labs.  Two rooms with 40 PCs with wireless
> connections, each to its own dedicated model 825, with labs running
> nonstop in each room for pretty much the entire conference.
>
> Why do I say "pretty much"?  Because while this is a three-day
> conference, the conference managers also included a couple of jumpstart
> sessions for those who wanted to attend early, so in effect there were
> FOUR days of labs in a three day conference.
>
> And of course, you can always come to one of my sessions and heckle.  I
> usually give three or four sessions and a bunch of hands-on labs.
>
> Joe
>
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