It's that time of the year again: Conference season. I just returned from SWRUS-Kiev and missed this year's ISDEF. But not to worry, the greatest event of all is still coming up on November 5-6 in Brussels. My favorite event is called ESWC, short for European Shareware Conference. It was there that I was first introduced into the inner circles of the shareware community several years ago, when the conference was being held in Cologne. From the meetings grew friendships for life, but also great business ......