[AccessD] Action Pack, now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers

> 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.

=========Did MS assign the company or do you guys just pick one -- I know 
that getting products certified is a cottage industry -- perhaps partnership 
is too or is considered part of the same process?
>
> 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.

=========A client is researching this process, so I'd be glad to learn more 
about it.

Susan H.