[Royo] feels left out because he can't make it to PDC. Well I won't be there either, and I'm really not upset about it at all.
Dude, the PDC isn't targeted at you. You should feel bummed out only if you miss TechED. THAT is the premiere event for developers. PDC is for early-adopters who *need* Longhorn information today in order for their product to run on it in 2005. Companies who have shrink-wrapped server or desktop products. Companies whose products, services or business modelÂare tightly tied in to the OS. Those are the ones whoÂwill gladly spend $2K just to maybe chat with scoble in the hallway. Everyone else can just read the blogs and download the PPTs.
Choose you battles wisely and make sure you get to the TechEd. Hopefully we can meet there - I haven't seen you for what, 4 months now??
Anyway, congratulations on your new job!
[WebLogs @ ASP.NET]I definately disagree with this assessment. I have been to 2 TechEd conferences and have been extremely disappointed in the amount of technical information available. IMO, TechEd is pure marketing with hardly any in depth material and it has a heavy focus on the IT side of things which is of little interest to a developer. PDC is THE developers conference and while I am sure that it is still driven from a marketing perspective, it is focused on developers, the latest developer technologies (.NET 2.0 and Yukon), and has plenty of in depth classes. My advice would be to beg, borrow, or steal to make it to this years PDC.