Jim Dettman
jimdettman at earthlink.net
Fri May 30 12:45:12 CDT 2003
Charlotte/John, I got it through a fellow on the Profox developers list (Victor Campos). He referred me to: Sheldon Scheu AKS Web Services, LLC 8202 Tamarack Trail, Suite 100 Eden Prairie, MN 55347 Phone: (952) 210-5523 www.akswebservices.com e-mail is: sheldon at akswebservices.com The price I received at the time was $1055. Then I applied for the DVD rebate which lowered the price $200. It was all done via e-mail (although I was given a phone number I could call if I wanted to) and was very painless. Several list members bought at the same time as well and none had problems. I was a bit suspicious of the whole thing and called Microsoft myself to verify that my subscription was legit and check to make sure that my remaining months would be carried over. No problems there either. A few months after my purchase, several of the list members posted that they were getting it between $800 - $900 from various places without doing the rebate thing. Most were advertising on E Bay. I can do a little more digging if anyone is really interested. But even at $1055, it was hard to pass up. Just with actively developing in Access and Foxpro, I was sending more then that just keeping up with each and having a MSDN professional subscription. Now I have access to just about everything. John:"What's an Action Pack and how much is it?" It's software and tools designed to help sell Microsoft products. There are various levels of subscriptions. See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q312310 For more details. Jim Dettman President, Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc. (315) 699-3443 jimdettman at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:17 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online I'd like to know where you could get it that cheap as well. We have the action pack for our office, but for my own purposes, it doesn't compute. <g> I've never been able to bring myself to mortgage the farm for an MSDN Universal subscription, but I might go for half the "discounted" price. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: John Bartow [mailto:john at winhaven.net] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:07 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online OK Jim, where'd you get it that cheap? Every year for the last 4 years I've been hashing out around $1800 for MSDN Universal but this year I broke the habit. My disk collection has now stopped growing at exponential rates ;o) For $800-900 I would do it again though. What's an Action Pack and how much is it? JB > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jim Dettman > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:47 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online > > > You guys should just get a MSDN subscription. If you do a little > shopping around, a universal subscription can be gotten for $800 - > $900. And yes, it's legit and not an academic subscription. > > By getting that and a Action Pack subscription, I have access to > just about everything that Microsoft makes. The only thing excluded > is some of the higher end Enterprise stuff, which I don't get into. > > Jim Dettman > President, > Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc. > (315) 699-3443 > jimdettman at earthlink.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Michael R > Mattys > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:40 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] MSDN cds online > > > I did "a Google" on the first and second cds and found them on an FTP > site but the third one could not be found anywhere. > > Michael R. Mattys > www.mattysconsulting.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com> > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:31 AM > Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online > > > > I guess I wasn't quick enough. They seem to be gone now. I'm > getting page > > not found. > > > > Arthur > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Keith L. Kovala > > Sent: May 29, 2003 12:58 PM > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online > > > > > > Must be something between you and MickeySoft..... 2.5MB/Sec here. > > > > Keith Kovala > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:38 AM > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online > > > > > > Thanks for this. I am downloading now. > > > > For some odd reason I am only getting about 180 kbytes / sec > today! This > > could take awhile. > > > > John W. Colby > > www.colbyconsulting.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John > > Bartow > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:25 PM > > To: AccessD > > Subject: [AccessD] MSDN cds online > > > > > > I saw this in Woody's Office Watch and I thought some of you might > > be interested... > > > > from WOW 8.18: > > > > 6. BURNING MSDN CDS > > Last month I told all of you programmers that Microsoft has posted > > the > April > > 2003 MSDN CDs, and you can get all three of them free for the > downloading. > > Those CDs include an enormous amount of information on Visual Studio > 2003 - > > it's the required reference for those of you willing to make > the leap from > > VBA to VB (or C) .NET. > > > > The CD images are at: > > > > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80 > 45-56619af > > 95835/qtr40enud1.img > > > > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80 > 45-56619af > > 95835/qtr40enud2.img > > > > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80 > 45-56619af > > 95835/qtr40enud3.img > > > > One teensy-tiny problem. The CDs are in ISO image format - > so-called .IMG > > files - and you may have problems burning those files to a CD. > > > > WOWser TP writes: "To get the files to CD you need a program like > "undisker" > > found at http://www.undisker.com. This software will open and view > > the contents much like standard Zip file software and write the > > contents to > the > > CD drive. I only used the time limited shareware version of > "undisker" but > > the software worked very well and I am considering the purchase of > > the > full > > version. > > > > One thing you will need to know is the Volume label that needs to be > > on > the > > CD. I am pretty sure that it is the name of the file without the > extension. > > Without the correct volume name the CD's will not load." > > > > > > from WOW 8.19: > > > > 7. BURNING .IMG CDS > > Last week I told you about WOWser TP's travails trying to get the > downloaded > > April 2003 MSDN CD images burned to CD. He used Undisker, and it > > worked fine. > > > > WOWser IW notes that he was able to burn the MSDN CDs by simply > > changing > the > > file name extension from .IMG to .ISO, and then using Nero (on a > > Windows 2000 machine). WOWser RC did the same thing and had no > > problem with > Windows > > XP's native file burner. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com