Actually, I thought they did a pretty good job.  The only complaint I heard was people unable to get into labs.

For me it was ok as well. (maybe better then the past years)

The only thing what was annoying was that they had the scanners inside the rooms so the presentation was always disturbed by them.

I have to say that I agree with you.  The communications at this conference were horrendous.  I have an AT&T 3G phone and while at the conference it showed full connectivity and bars however most days once the level of geekdom reached it's peek I could no longer make calls or even txt within the building.  Wireless was a complete failure unless you got in early or stayed late and sat in one place all day where you might happen to have gotten a DHCP address.  Just walking around the venue there was no way you'd stay connected to it.  Was anybody else annoyed at the wireless help desk booth people telling you to make sure you "rebooted already"?  The break-out sessions left a lot to be desired.  To many people, hard to hear, hard to see and constantly letting people in 10, 15, 30 minutes after it started while the scanners were located inside the rooms which caused my attention to constantly be diverted.  Some of the break outs really looked promising as far as learning something in my opinion only to be let down by the content presented think of the where's the beef commercials.  As for the labs I'd rather pay a fee and have my own station than get into only 2 registered labs for free and have to share a station with someone.  The content of the labs was good even though one of them the VMware staff nor I could ever get to work at my station.  The food was pretty tasty I must say and it's availablity was on par with the other conventions I've been to.   All in all I'd say it was an O.K. experience however I'll be suggesting

that we not send anybody else to VMworld unless they make some serious

changes.

Dress accordingly? Apparently you didn't get the memo that this is

a tech industry conference, not an accountant's convention. You're in the

wrong industry to be a suit.

Nobody asks you to wear a suit, just not shorts and flip-flops.

I personally don't find professional to dress for a beach when I go to work.

Also I find disturbing to be forced to a close observation of somebody's hairy legs and dirty bare feet, and I guess I'm not alone.

San Francisco was bad last year, but VMworld Europe was much, much worse.

The coaches from the airport dropped us at the event, where we were handed a map to our hotels, and sent off into the night wheeling our suitcases behind us.

And the next day, when the event kicked off, things didn't get any better.

I waited in line for 15 minutes to get to the toilets, and when I eventually got in there, well let's just say it was not a pleasant sight or smell that greeted me.

The party was even more crowded. There was a queue for everything. I waited in line for 15 minutes to get in, then was herded towards a tent, where I then waited 10 minutes to get a beer. I walked around to find something to eat, but the best I could find was a barbeque thing outside. So I waited in line for 20 minutes  there to get a piece of chicken about the size of my thumb...And when I took a bite out of it, it was raw in the middle. So after 1 hour with 1 beer, no food and now sore feet from all the walking & queuing, I gave up and went back to my hotel. 

Back in 2000, JaveOne at Moscone hosted 25K people, so if they can predict attendance, we can reasonably expect the facility to support it.

   KC

They did not use all of the Moscone Center last year. They will obviously have to use the whole thing next year.