In reply to Topher.

RE: "'There is no replacement for attending WordCamp."

Sure there is. For Automattic to finally make building and maintaining self-hosted WordPress sites much less complicated and expensive. That would greatly reduce the need for all the time and costs associated with attending WordCamps. But Automattic is mostly concerned with market share (though 75% of website owners still decide not to use WordPress). It's also pretty amazing how much pushback comes from WordPress designers/developers when someone points out that self-hosted WordPress sites are too complicated and expensive for the majority of small businesses and entrepreneurs.