>>Its like people bitching because of the lack of VFP sessions at TechEd. How many VFP developers go to TechEd. Not many. The sessions I gave in Nice, France last year had a combined total attendance of 50 people. Microsoft spent a lot of money for me to go over there to talk to 50 people. I will be interested to see how many people go to my session in New Orleans this June. Unless you make the comittment to go to TechEd - you don't have the right to bitch. What sense does it make for MS to spend money putting on sessions when the attendance will be almost nil. From a business standpoint - it makes zero sense.
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>John, buddy, I *always* have the right to bitch :) Email me details on your TechEd session in New Orleans in June and, my bosses willing, I will be there. With bells on.
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Developers, like anyone else, have limited $$$ to spend on training and travel. Most can not justify the expense where VFP is almost an afterthought. We can, however, sell a trip (even to Disney World!) where we have over 3 days of solid VFP technical sessions, exhibits, etc.

If MS and other promoters of all these events would put-up ("or shut-up") with respect to the "multi-tool" mantra and mix in VFP with the same emphasis (or at something a little more respectful) as they do all the other products, I think you would see different attitudes and attendance mixes.

I have been to these types of promotional shindigs before, and, while informative and interesting, I can not afford the time or expense much less justify my attendance like I can at a VFP DevCon.