jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Oct 10 07:43:50 CDT 2007
Having started using VS2005 (in 2007) I must say I am extremely impressed with the functionality of VB.Net and Visual Studio. .NET 2.0 is a programmers dream, assuming you are willing to climb the learning curve. I also have to say I was not nearly as impressed with .Net 1.0 and in fact my experience with that was one reason I delayed so long in trying to do the 2.0 stuff. I am nowhere near proficient with 2.0 but I like it a lot. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:09 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers Hi all We (my employer and I) don't want to spend money on the "MS exam circus" as the ROI is zero. Thus, our official Small Business Specialist status will be lost (and our clients don't care as they hardly knew that anyway). No big deal. However, that status have the additional benefit that combined with the Action Pack Subscription (where the ROI is huge) you are offered Visual Studio Standard 2005 for free. So no SB partner => no free VS which is bad now that VS2008 is close. But a new free add-on to the Action Pack is now announced which could be of interest for those of you not having Visual Studio yet or have felt the limitations of the free Express editions, a "special edition toolkit" for Web Solution Providers: https://partner.microsoft.com/webresourcekit It includes Microsoft Visual Studio Standard 2008 and Expression Studio. The estimated ship date for the kit is January 2008. One of the steps to obtain the kit is to: Successfully complete one of three free online courses and the associated assessment with a score of 70 percent or higher .. These seems to have a duration from 0,5 to 1,5 hours, so you have to pay by spending some of your valuable time! /gustav -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com