The software shootout did not go off as billed. There was not a head to head show. It was one vendor at each session trying to sell their stuff.

I sat in one for a while with maybe 10 others and left since it was pretty boring.

The bad part for me was that the State only approved 18 of the 35 or so sessions. So I had to change my plans on what to sit in on. Some of the States require a written exam after the session - that really sucks.

I for one was glad that ProLab was not there. The vendors that were there had a lot of activity. The nice thing about the light crowd was being able to get around and see things and talk to people.