Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Tue Apr 13 11:05:35 CDT 2010
Hi Dan Freebies may very well be timebombed evaluation copies only. Not crippled but still no cigar - or perhaps exactly so, as a cigar eventually burns out. /gustav >>> dbdoug at gmail.com 13-04-2010 17:55 >>> Interesting - the last couple of MS events I went to in Vancouver, Canada, were notable for the lack of freebies (coffee and muffins excepted). At one (paid) event, the only item given out was a SINGLE copy of the web development tools, raffled off by ticket number. Looking at the pricing of VS2010 I am also surprised at how expensive it seems to be. To upgrade VS2008 Pro, for which I believe I paid about $150, now appears to cost $550 including a compulsory 'MSDN Essentials' subscription. Yikes! In contrast, the MS Technet subscription (about $250/year) is a real bargain as it gives me all MS Office, SQL Server, and Windows versions. Doug Steele On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Dan Waters <dwaters at usinternet.com> wrote: > MS has released its schedule of launch events in cities throughout the US > over the next two months. I go because they hand out free software. I'm > expecting to get a copy of VS 2010, Access 2010, Sharepoint 2010, and SQL > Server 2008 R2. They don't say that this is what you'll get, but those are > the products they are advertising in the launch event. These events fill > up, so sign up soon! > > Click this link and follow the track you want. When you get to the page to > request a seat, it will say that you need an invitation code - but then they > don't ask for a code. I requested a seat and am now confirmed without that > invitation code. Perhaps they figure that if you're looking for this anyway > then they want you there. > > http://www.microsoft.com/business/2010events/ > > Have Fun! > Dan > > PS - they are also having launch events in major cities elsewhere in the > world, but you'll need to find that information somewhere.