Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue Apr 13 11:53:44 CDT 2010
I've gone to some of these events in the past, if you have an evaluation copy it will say so on the the product cover, I've picked up non-evaluation versions of sql server 2005, Visual Studio 2005/2008 and even Windows 2003 R2, just to name a few. -- Francisco -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-VB mailing list > dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >