>I got the same email this morning.
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>There's a surprisingly substantial amount of the content that "is" available elsewhere (not a shock - one could attend a SQL Saturday and attend enough sessions to get the equivalent of what you'd otherwise have to shell out a box of ziti for at a conference )
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>But $49 dollars to save a TON of blog-spelunking is a great deal.
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>T-5 hours before my big road trip - wish I could meet up with you, but I have a really tight travel schedule. (I am going to try to get out to KC for an entire weekend this fall to see a Chiefs fan)

I agree. However, I think what makes it so worthwhile is not necessarily just the content (as you wrote, it can be found on the internet if you search for it) but that the content is available in one organized place by subject matter. Sometimes when you are first learning a new language tool or haven't had to do a specific function even if you have used it for a period of time, you don't know exactly what to search for. That's when you start posting on forums and it's clear that the developer knows what they need to do can be done but the terminology they use demonstrates that they don't know how to ask for it. Be honest, there is soooooooo much to learn with .net that it's unrealistic to expect every developer out there to know it all or be able to figure it out on their own. The site allows you to work your way through the subject content at your own pace and you can go back to a subject when you need to use it. It also gives the new developer enough information to know what to look for on the web (or on that site) if they go through the information.

I haven't purchased it or any other similar site's videos and tutorials but I would consider it - especially if I didn't work with a team of .net developers and didn't have that team resource available.