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25/10/1999 14:52:40
 
 
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25/10/1999 14:15:40
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Visual FoxPro
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Conferences & events
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00281012
Message ID:
00281157
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Hi Perry,

Thanks for the thoughts. As far as the early sessions and hangovers, wellll..


>I have been planning on NO since the concept was announced. For several reasons:
>
>1) From my understanding the Advisor Devcon has become highly politcalized. I heard from several folk at So Cal that they asked if they could add a presentation to Devcon to occur a day before or after on their product and were shot down for stupid reasons. For example, Drew Speedie had a session the day before to So Cal event to teach concepts in Visual Maxframe.
>
>2) The are trying to make NO a more open event. The topics will be decided by a group of people including the presenters themselves.
>
>3) The SQL Devcon tie in. It will be interesting to pop into 1 or 2 of thier sessions, if only to sit in a room with other developers besides VFP developers. As well as talk to some of these folks at dinner, at the hotel bar, etc.
>
>Of course there is one big negative about going to NO:
>
>With all the alcohol that flows there, making sure not to have too much the night before. I don't relish the idea of trying to comprehend any of the sessions while my brain feels like it is going to explode.
>
>PF
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>If you could only go to one DevCon next year, which would it be? And why?
>>
>>With the loss of certain benefits, I may be forced to only attend one conference. Which would you choose?
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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