Interesting. I wonder why they didn't just choose to promote the events more aggressively, etc. -- surely Spolsky could have gotten more registrations if he had

Interesting. I wonder why they didn't just choose to promote the events more aggressively, etc. -- surely Spolsky could have gotten more registrations if he had tried. I think there is a market for a $499 conference, but perhaps it needs to have a better reputation among management first.