Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Tue Apr 13 12:46:58 CDT 2010
They don't do that. Their audience here is mostly developers - and those are the folks that MS wants to treat well. I went to the 2003 Office launch and got duplicate disks of just about every 2003 version of software that MS had. I went to the 2008 Launch and got VS 2008 and (eventually) SQL Server 2008. In fact, from what I can see, this software is the main reason that many (most?) people go to these events. What I've been going to is the events specifically named Launch events, and those have had the free software. I can't guarantee that they will hand out free software, but at every Launch event I've been to so far, that's what they did! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:06 AM To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-VB] MS 2010 Launch Events 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