>I think that we are confusing M$ & FPA. FPA does the whole job and M$ just gets some enginners to show up as well as Mr. Green.

As far as I'm concerned, it's still M$'s ball. Just because FPA puts on the dog and pony show, M$ still calls the shots.

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>Location does suck for this year.

Well, that depends. It's close for me (Phoenix), but I'll still have to drive ~5 hrs, if I go. Getting a flight from Phoenix to Palm Springs is outrageously priced, at least it was several months ago when I last checked. And whose bright idea was to have it in the desert in June?

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>Putting the location of DEVCON to a hub is also a bit pollitical. Who's HUB? My frequent flyer miles are based on Northwest. They have a hub here in Memphis, Detroit, and Minneapolis. But if you are a United, or Delta traveler you get no "hub" savings from those cities.

Next thing you'll know, they'll have DevCon in Minneapolis in January. Won't THAT be fun! ;) (NorthWest is my usual airline, too.)

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>It's up to Advisor Pub and oly them. They have to get a rate and pack in the bodies for 3 or 4 conferences back to back. They do more than just VFP. So Advisor finds their best rates on a month of meeting rooms as well as hotel rooms to accomidate up to 2000 people per week.
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>Granted that this year VFP will be a bust, I too cannot just take off for non profound DevCons. Give me a NEW version or functionality just released because of a fix to ADO and I might get to go.

There's more to a DevCon than just what's new. But some people (bosses) may not see it that way. :(

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>__Stephen Russell
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>>>I agree with the comments on a hub city! MS/Advisor had to gotten a cheap rate for Palm Springs in June. Plus with this being a DevCon without a new version my company isn't all that geared up to send me. They don't seem to care that it is the 10th anniversery. 8-)
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>>>I will be surprised if they have a count of over 1,200.
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>>And this will probably lead to M$ saying, "See that? FoxPro use IS declining.". Talk about poor marketing... or just maybe jumping to (wrong) conclusions.
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>>>>Hi, Elyse-
>>>>As Craig says, LAX is an alternative. I don't know about transporation from there...it's about 90 minutes someone said from LAX. As for me, it's so much higher (and I figure I'd have to rent a car anyway in LAX) that I'm gonna drive (from Alb).
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>>>>Next DEVCON--I vote for a hub city. :(
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>>>>>What other airports are near the DevCon resort besides Palm Springs airport? Has anyone found reasonable rates from NY? I can't believe how high the quotes I'm getting are!
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>>>>>Elyse