Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Wed Sep 8 10:31:23 CDT 2004
Acctually that DOES sound very rightous... if or when I ever go back to doing consulting work I may just have to remember to do this... they you a ton of software for the price... On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:49:56 -0500, Jeff Barrows <jeff at outbaktech.com> wrote: > Technically, it means is that if you decide NOT to renew your Action Pack Subscription, you agree to remove all of the Action Pack software from any / all of your machines after one year. But for $199 a year (after the first year), it only makes sense to renew it. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Barro [mailto:ebarro at afsweb.com] > Sent: Wed 9/8/2004 8:21 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Cc: > Subject: RE: [AccessD] AHOO!!! Got my action pack > > What it probably means it that you're going to stop getting update CDs from M$ for any of the products you have licenses for so if they come out with Office 2004 or SQL server 2005 you will have to purchase a separate license if you wanted to use it. > > --- > Eric Barro > Senior Systems Analyst > Advanced Field Services > (208) 772-7060 > http://www.afsweb.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W. Colby > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:46 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: RE: [AccessD] AHOO!!! Got my action pack > > I don't know. I know that the license "expires" after 1 year, but it > appears that these are just real copies of these various things. I doubt > they quit working. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:07 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [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 > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- -Francisco