[AccessD] AHOO!!! Got my action pack

John:

Thanks for the rundown.  I've being trying to decide between that and the
partner program.  This one looks god.  Except what's that about a one-year
license.  Does your copy of Office 2003 crap out after one year?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:01 PM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] AHOO!!! Got my action pack


> The action pack is a deal MS offers developers or companies that develop
for
> or sell MS stuff.  For $300-400 they give you a ton of the latest software
> and 10 licenses for all of it.  You are allowed to use it in house, but
not
> sell it or install it on any client machines.  It includes:
>
> Office Professional 2003
> Office Publisher 2003
> Office Frontpage 2003
> Office Visio Professional 2003
> Office Project Professional 2003
> Business contact Manager for Outlook 2003
> Office OneNote 2003
> MapPoint 2004 Standard Edition
> Windows XP Professional
> Virtual PC 2004
> Office Infopath 2003
> Business Solutions CRM Professional
> Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
> Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
> Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
> Office Project Server 2003
> Office Sharepoint Server 2003
> Office Live Communications Server 2003
> SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition (damn!)
> SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a
> SQL Server Reporting Services
> Mobile Information Server 2002
> Swindows Sharepoint Services Standard 2003
> Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
>
> What is all this stuff you may ask.  No idea.
>
> The package appears to also come with some kind of training CD for each
ofr
> these things.  No books, must all be on CD.  A neat little (BIG) organizer
> size canvas folder to hold the disks.  Nothing to hold the training
> materials (C'mon MS, another folder to hold that and the sleeves hole
> punched would have made it so much more professional).
>
>
http://members.microsoft.com/partner/salesmarketing/partnermarket/actionpack
> /actionpackus.aspx
>
> Watch for wrap.
>
> I had been looking at this package for awhile in order to bring my office
> into the modern age (as defined by MS).
>
> So there you have it.  A lot of stuff for a medium price (one year license
> though!).  But it gives you 10 licenses.  I can put XP on all my desktops,
> Server 2003 on both my new "server" machines, look at and possibly use
> Office 2003 on my machines etc.  I have a home office with 2 "server
class"
> machines and 2 desktop machines, plus one modern laptop and an old POS
> laptop that I am currently re-installing Win2K Pro on.  Being able to get
a
> consistent platform on everything might be nice.
>
> I had hoped to see 64bit OS and SQL Server included - they apparently do
> exists, but not in here.  8-(
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lonnie Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 2:48 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] AHOO!!! Got my action pack
>
>
> What's the main advantage to having the Action pack?
>
> "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> I just got my MS Action pack, very nice. So much to know, so little time.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
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