>Has anyone been to any .Net oriented conferences?
> If so, which ones, and how were they.
I went to VS Live! early this year in San Francisco. Very expensive, but very good.

They have several "editions" throughout the year: San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Europe, and maybe others.

> I'd love to find a Whilfest-like .Net conference (i.e. no-frills,
> inexpensive, top notch speakers).
So are 10,000 developers! :) Let me know if you find it!