I have been to several Tech Eds and the last MEC. Content-wise I thought this one was great, especially with more 2000 experience under everyone's belt and more to talk about and report on. It seemed they skimped on all the "extra's" that us geeks (or just me perhaps) like so much such as:
-- Something HOT for breakfast (I kinda liked the different mexican spin you could put on breakfast each day in Dallas) -- A conference shirt I didnt have to jump through hoops for (and then they ran out of them on Friday. This I paid $2K for????). And what happened to Attendee Party shirts?? But I did get a stuffed Monkey after five shots at that damned basketball hoop!! :) -- Classes (lectures?) that REPEAT as there were overlaps of good content in EVERY time slot. Repeat at off hours if you like for those of us interested. -- Food still sucks but I realize it is hard to cook well for 6000 people. -- Attendee party blew compared to the last couple at Universal Studios were you had access to the whole park and food from the park; not catered crap. I loved only getting to ride 4 different adult rides all night. Had I paid $99 for my wife to go I would have been LIT! -- Wireless access still needs A LOT of work. You think they would make it more pervasive and add more AP's. If youre going to do it and Cisco is going to be a sponsor, DO IT RIGHT. At the Cisco conferences the wireless is rock solid and never fails. My 2 cents and of course I will be at Tech Ed next year for my 2 days of abbreviated infrastructure content! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murray Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:20 AM Subject: MEC 2002 comments? > Hm. It's almost Tuesday, and nobody has posted anything on the above > subject. So, whassamatta? There is NO way that I'm the first. That's so > unlikely that I can't come up with a comparison. > > I was disappointed about two things. First, I got sick again, just like > Dallas. I spent more time than I wanted figuring out when I was to take my > next dose of patent medicine. It doesn't do much, but it's better than > nothing. Second, I couldn't find a source to manufacture my latest Great > Idea (tm). What was it? A button saying "Have you seen Missy?". I tell ya, I > coulda sold a million of 'em...ahem, sorry. > > I did see Ed Woodrick, easily recognizable after meeting him in Boston in > '98. Poor guy didn't have a clue who I was, but fought back bravely. Did not > see Ed Crowley, darn it all. > > For the record: > - the party was better than Dallas > - the party food was better than Dallas > - the party would've been a LOT better if the _whole_ park had been open > - the conference lunches would've been a LOT better without that damned > zucchini. > - the venue was a lot better than Boston > > BTW, ran into a Dallas native (hmm...is that a Dallas-ite? A Dallasian?) who > said that the Dallas Convention Centre had expanded, adding another 30,000 > square feet (I think that's the number). Sounds like lots of room for TechEd > 2003! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
