Actually - not much of a story here as many of the non-Microsoft.NET speakers that I know who usually speak at TechEd are not speaking at the 2005 event. Only a small handful got accepted. And among those,  in some cases, their abstracts weren't chosen. Instead, they are being asked to deliver Microsoft directed content. Even though there are plenty of developer tracks and sessions, there is still a buzz going around that TechEd is really heavy ITPro this year. But it seems only that people are whispering it to each other in dark alleys.

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