SomeGuyWithA.com » SharePoint http://someguywitha.com Everything you wanted to know about nothing Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:06:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-RC3-15260 A slap in the face by Microsoft http://someguywitha.com/2009/11/23/a-slap-in-the-face-by-microsoft/ http://someguywitha.com/2009/11/23/a-slap-in-the-face-by-microsoft/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:52 +0000 James http://someguywitha.com/?p=74 I just returned from a 10 day vacation from modern civilization in northern Maine.   No TV, Radio, Internet or Cellphone.  Simple life simple meals and good friends.   Less than 3 weeks ago I attended Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference where the conference give away was “Laptop Koozy”   At most a $10 item – that for my $2000 conference – This at a conference that was Microsoft’s most well received event of the year – At the time I said to myself “this is the worst conference bag I’ve ever received at ANY conference.”

Today while catching up on the news I read that at PDC which concluded on Friday Microsoft gave every attendee a free laptop with a touchscreen display.   This at conference that touted more vapourware than any since the 2003 conference (which interestingly enough was the last PDC I attended).

I’m not sure how anyone else feels about this, but I am deeply offended that Microsoft has treated the SharePoint conference attendee base this poorly.   I’m not really sure how to react to it yet other than thinking this is a huge slap in the face.

Thoughts anyone?

PS:  I guess if I had gone to PDC I would have a matched set

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