>>I won't be attending Devcon. If anyone else isn't, I would like to hear your reasons and perhaps I can be consoled a bit. :-)
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>>My Reason:
>>There is no budget at our hospital for education. We can spend $100,000 on computer technology, but not a single dollar on education.
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>I can't go either and....worse yet, it's only a 5 hour drive away from me. My company doesn't want to spend money on VFP, being a VB development shop...they'll give me the paid time off if I pay my own way....not likely :(

I got offered the same "deal". If it was $500 canadian, perhaps. But $1400 Canadian dollars. Yikes. I have to eat.