Hi Alejandro.

>I think we are being too hard on Ken.
>

Hope you are well. I agree with you. Some of us are venting frustrations at one of our best friends. I still think of Ken as one of us. At my 1st devcon, in Scotsdale, many years ago, there was a wild-eyed programmer running some of the sessions. He hid behind the monitor so he didn't have to look at us, but he would continually say things like "Wow, and look what you can do here", or "And this is really cool.... Watch this...", or even "Look what I just discovered last night. Isn't this cool!!!". That was Ken. Programmers stretched forward in their seats, knowing they were watching a genius. Managers walked out, completely bewildered, clueless. Ken still carries the same enthusiasm, although I think some of us may be wearing him down. He gives us great representation. He just has the big corporate entity to work against.

Thinking of Scotsdale, I was hearing the same verbal assaults then as I hear now. There were boo's at the keynote, and complaints that MS was not supporting VFP. In those days it was VB and Access who were taking all of MS's attention away from us. Now it's DotNet. Tomorrow it's WhatNot.

In Summary, be good to Ken. He is good to us. If a customer talked to me with the attitude I felt in a couple of the threads, I'd give him (or her) the money back and tell them to take a hike.

Best Regards,