I think this is definitely one of the more reasonable 'rants' I have seen. I would be hella pissed if this happened to me too. Thanks for the heads-up. After

I think this is definitely one of the more reasonable 'rants' I have seen. I would be hella pissed if this happened to me too. Thanks for the heads-up. After this, I wouldn't even go to a TechEd much less speak at one - I know that you need to be invited, and I am not being so presumptuous to assume that I would be, just saying that if I were....after hearing this story and MSFT's non-response, I wouldn't entertain it.