VSLive experiences

From: Stan (anon_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:00:25 -0700

I went to the San Francisco event and it was rather hit or
miss. There was some excellent SQL material presented but
many of the presentations were much less informative than
a local MSDN event or MS Webcast (when taking just the 75
minute session into consideration). It was a conference
well suited for junior developers learning .NET but I felt
many of the speakers were there to push books, or
consulting, or thier own training courses instead of
offering solid practical advice. The TechEd events are
superior in quality and content.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am considering asking the government to spend your tax
dollars to send me
>and a few others to VSLive, possibly the Orlando in
September. None of us
>in my developer group have been to VSLive before, and was
curious as to the
>value of information received.
>
>Thank you for any feedback regarding these shows in order
to keep your
>government employees well-informed and well-trained. In
order to reduce
>costs, we would like to attend only one show this year
and would like to
>pick the best one. .NET 2.0 topics are of interest to
us, that is why we
>were looking at VSLive in September.
>
>Raymond Lewallen
>
>
>.
>