And taking away Advisor, the officially announced vendor total was 11, and several of them were speakers.

None of which takes away from the terrific job done by the speakers (I wasn't there, but I've heard most of them at one time or another); nor from the really neat features in VFP8, and the great reporting on the UT.

But the numbers, or lack thereof, say something. All conferences and business travel are way down, or course, so it may be a general, and not a specific message.

>>The Wiki article puts an unofficial estimate at 550
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>hmmm... considering that in Brazil we gathered 150 people for a conference, I think that 550 for a DevCon really sucks...