I’m really glad I went and I participated. I wish I had more knowledge going in, and had better expectations on what we were doing etc. but now I do. I’ll definately participate again next year.
I hope other people besides Microsoft start doing this type of event. For example Adobe/Macromedia. While I think that Microsoft has good tools, hosting their sites tends to be a bit more expensive. However, Verio did provide hosting free for two years.
All in all, it was a good weekend.