Incoherent Babble

After ordering a TechNet subscription last week, now that Microsoft offers a significantly cheaper “Direct” (ie: download-only) version, I got a postcard in the mail today offering me a whopping $200 off an early-bird registration to Microsoft’s TechEd 2007 conference.

Just out of curiosity, I thought I’d check the TechEd site and see how expensive this particular conference was. I’m constantly amazed at how expensive some conferences can be, while the particularly interesting ones like WordCamp are 100% free.

In case you were wondering, the regular price for TechEd ‘07 is $1,995¹, but if you register before April 7th, you can save a whopping $200 and get it for the rock-bottom price of $1,795.

I had thought about doing a little “What you could get instead of going to TechEd” segment, but turns out I’m too lazy. Suffice it to say: a lot².

Now if only I could convince my boss to blow about $3,000 (including travel, meals, etc.) to send me to Orlando for 4 days…

1. Can’t we just round up to $2,000 already? It’s $5 lousy bucks… [back]
2. Like an Apple iPhone and about a year of unlimited data service from Cingular [back]