>One of the more encouraging signs at DevCon was the number of first >time >attendees. During the keynote speech, the first-timers were an >overwhelming majority of the audience. > >Tamar Granor put a different spin on this statistic when, during her >talk >"Using SQL-Select Effectively in VFP 5", she asked how many people >started >using FoxPro with version 5.0. Out of a perhaps 250 people, less than >10 >people raised their hands! When she asked how many first-timers the >majority of the croud raised ther hand. I hate to put an omenous note on it, but this also means that the repeat Devcon attendees didn't show up. Could your statistic mean that there's an infusion of new blood, or does it just mean that the old blood has moved on? (Sorry I'm the negative one on this, I got laid off on Friday).