TechEd - Day 4 part 2

Phew it all over... or is it just beginning....
The finalists were:
Maciej Pilecki
Karl Davies-Barrett
Bill Aryes
Jeff Wharton

The running order was decided on the spot with each contestant drawing a number. I followed up on Maciej's new presentation on SQL UDF's with my WPF in windows forms. I was chilled and relaxed and enjoyed every minute. THe presentation went like a dream and the judges were very favourable. Jeff's SQL RAID talk went really well. His 'Big Daddy' for RAID 10 was a cool touch picked up by the judges, perhaps that's what clinched it.

The Final results were

Jeff Wharton
Karl Davies-Barrett
Maciej Pilecki
Bill Aryes

So Jeff is coming over to speak next year and got 1m of books. I get a free delegate pass and 0.5m of books. So I'm over the moon :)