I agree the lack of planning here is a joke!

Hallways are crowded.  The conference rooms are too small!  I register for a session then see people getting in who are not and seating is brutal. And they give me grief to get in.  Excuse me if you didn't registet then to bad roam the hallways.  I've been to Tech Ed and Windows connections they are far better organized events.

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This has been a horrible experience!!! I have spent more

time feeling like herded cattle than anything else.  I have attended MANY conferences over the past

10 year, including several IBM, Linux World, and Microsoft. By far this is the

worst planned and executed conference that I have ever attended. You cannot

walk in the hall; all the sessions are full, if you do get in one you cannot

hear.

All the sessions that I wanted to attend are full. The

Support Desk has told me some of those classes will be rescheduled…WHEN? I

actually asked to have my week passed changed to a 2 day pass and I was told

no.  I will probably leave anyways; my

time is more valuable than this.

Why don't you fill the big (BPA-free) plastic bottle you were given in your bag?

Wow, this doesn't feel crowded to me at all- you obviously never went to COMDEX.  Oh, the humanity.  Sure, there are lots of people here, but seriously, they have handled the crowds extremely well.  If you miss a session, just grab the slides online later.  The wifi has been difficult to associate in spots- but just go sit down at the couches and grab some Cat5 if you need to get on.

completely agree with David.

Disagree wholeheartedly.  They've done a tremendous job to keep 14,000 people moving.  Sure it's busy... Sure I feel like herding cattle but I expected that because of the number of people.

People who aren't happy should not come next year.. That way those of us who are OK with things have less people to deal with.

the only complaint I do have is that there should be at least a few minute break between sessions.  When you have a 9am-10am session and then a 10am-11am session it's very difficult to get from one to another and still get a seat.  I just started leaving about 5-10 minutes before the end of the session and all was good.

It is commendable when someone organises a venue for 14000 people and so far I haven't seen some major problems.

I only feel sorry for all those who didn't register for the sessions and hence had to wait.

Me for my part - I said no to the beer at the bar and spent instead my time building a schedule. Therefore I also expected to be well seated in those sessions and that is exactly what happened. The only disturbing thing was people chatting and playing PC during the sessions.

About the "cattle" experience may I suggest that you start behaving like business people and dress accordingly and you maybe you will be treated differently?

Many thanks to the organisers having made it possible to attend such a great venue.