Was really bummed not to be able to make IWP9 this year. A note to whoever is considering hosting the next one -- it would be really cool for us corporate types if we could move it into the first two quarters of the year as its usually around July that our travel budgets get slashed. I think it would even be worth skipping a year so we could move it earlier if that was necessary. Co-location with a major conference (USENIX, OSDI, SOSP, etc.) would be nice too, but since that would probably bump the costs for folks it may be less desirable.
-eric