Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Wed Oct 10 10:05:45 CDT 2007
We had to produce a commercial product using Microsoft software and have it examined and passed by a company (which turned out to be in China, BTW) contracting with Microsoft. I believe one of our developers had to be certified, but I think he already was, so that wasn't an issue. Hmmn, of course there are those who say that ALL developers are certifiable .... LOL There's a time limit on meeting the requirements, but I don't recall what it was, a year or two. I was involved only as a developer helping create the application. We can now market ourselves as a Microsoft Partner, put their logo on our website and materials, ... and I have managed to forget any other benes. We get all the Microsoft software for our company's use, operating systems, server products, Office, the works. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:48 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers Charlotte, were you involved in the process of acquiring partnership? I'd like to hear what the process is like and in the end, just what does that badge of honor net for you and your company besides some free gifts? Susan H. > My company just qualified as a full Microsoft Partner, so I imagine > we'll get those goodies anyhow. It was kind of funny, because we > suddenly got a shipment of boxes of various sizes, so it looked like > we were getting a bunch of goodies. When opened, the packages > included a Microsoft Partner banner (we haven't figured out what to do > with that item), a couple of fancy stand up plaques proclaiming us > 2007 partners, and logos, stickers, etc. > One of our developers wondered if they issued badges as well, like law > enforcement. You show up at a client and flash you MP (Microsoft > Partner) badge and they stop doing stupid stuff with your application! > LOL -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com