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    Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
      -----
      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      Mark Salsbery
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      They don't really say... At the "install fest" events in December, they were giving away VS 2008 Pro. On the plus side, Silverlight is free :rolleyes:  (OT, yes, but the annoying popups are, well, annoying...)

      Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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      • realJSOPR realJSOP

        Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
        -----
        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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        Brady Kelly
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        All I'm holding out for is supper and drinks.

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
          -----
          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          David Stone
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          John, you use Firefox, don't you? If so, is there a reason you're not using CPhog[^]? I'll accept "I didn't know about it." as a valid answer...but anything else is pretty much unacceptable. ;)

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            John, you use Firefox, don't you? If so, is there a reason you're not using CPhog[^]? I'll accept "I didn't know about it." as a valid answer...but anything else is pretty much unacceptable. ;)

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            What's next door to door proselytization? :)


            When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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              What's next door to door proselytization? :)


              When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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              David Stone
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              John, I'm only gonna stop once you start using it. ;-) Besides, I wrote a little addition that shows a CPhog icon next to each user who posts using CPhog. So it makes it really easy to see who's not using it. ;P

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                What's next door to door proselytization? :)


                When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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                Christian Graus
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                Hi, my name is John and I want to talk to you about CPHog and how it changed my life.

                Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

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                  John, I'm only gonna stop once you start using it. ;-) Besides, I wrote a little addition that shows a CPhog icon next to each user who posts using CPhog. So it makes it really easy to see who's not using it. ;P

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                  I honestly have no good reason to use firefox. Sure it works fine, but IE is already pre-installed and works fine and has all my links and history in it. If anything I'd use Opera which *does* have compelling reasons to use it over IE so if you want to get a cphog for Opera I might use it. :)


                  When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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                    Hi, my name is John and I want to talk to you about CPHog and how it changed my life.

                    Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

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                    Gary Wheeler
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                    Hi John!

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                      John, I'm only gonna stop once you start using it. ;-) Besides, I wrote a little addition that shows a CPhog icon next to each user who posts using CPhog. So it makes it really easy to see who's not using it. ;P

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                      El Corazon
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                      David Stone wrote:

                      So it makes it really easy to see who's not using it.

                      uh oh... the scarlet letter method of advertising... okay... hows this for an excuse... I was doing other things and working 16-18 hours a day. I got 6 hours of sleep last night so i am ready to let CPhog change my life.... I can't at work... but at home... I am ready, move me!

                      _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                        What's next door to door proselytization? :)


                        When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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                        Marc Clifton
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                        John C wrote:

                        What's next door to door proselytization?

                        Pimping. Marc

                        Thyme In The Country Interacx My Blog

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                        • realJSOPR realJSOP

                          Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                          -----
                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          Judah Gabriel Himango
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                          I got an MS email a few weeks back and, if I recall right, they said they'll be giving away free copies of VS 2008 Standard or Pro. Just did a search and got this hit[^] which seems to confirm it.

                          Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Upon this disciple I'll build my new religion? The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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                            What's next door to door proselytization? :)


                            When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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                            martin_hughes
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                            John C wrote:

                            What's next door to door proselytization?

                            Procrastination.

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                              I honestly have no good reason to use firefox. Sure it works fine, but IE is already pre-installed and works fine and has all my links and history in it. If anything I'd use Opera which *does* have compelling reasons to use it over IE so if you want to get a cphog for Opera I might use it. :)


                              When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.

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                              David Stone
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                              I took at look at it just now. The problem with Opera is that its JavaScript support lags behind by a lot. So things that are standardized, like iterators and generators, and certain generic array-like functions that have been in Firefox since 1.5 and 2 that still aren't in Opera. I can manage to get it to load the script, but it errors out as soon as it starts hitting foreach-style loops. And we've got lots of those, since the primary function of CPhog is manipulating the CP forum DOM and adding to it, which means iterating over all the posts on the page... Translation: Unless we get a huge re-write to move backwards in JavaScript functionality, it's probably not going to happen.

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                                David Stone wrote:

                                So it makes it really easy to see who's not using it.

                                uh oh... the scarlet letter method of advertising... okay... hows this for an excuse... I was doing other things and working 16-18 hours a day. I got 6 hours of sleep last night so i am ready to let CPhog change my life.... I can't at work... but at home... I am ready, move me!

                                _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                David Stone
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                                Heh. Nah, I'm not going to harass anybody into using it. I honestly am pretty content with the user base we've got. They're pretty vocal about the things they don't like (Take, for instance, my totalitarian decision to move that orange bar on your left over to the right side of all the page content. That got a ton of backlash. ;P) and they're pretty helpful with error reports and finding things that are wrong. My goal is really just to give people better tools for posting here at CodeProject. The old way of clicking reply, waiting for another page to load, typing into a standard textarea field, clicking submit, refreshing the browser to see your changes just seems so inefficient. Not only does CPhog put a small reply form right underneath the post you're replying to, you don't have to load any more pages to see your changes. They get added to the page you're already viewing. And thanks to the QuickRefresh functionality Josh added, new posts get added to the page in the background, so you could literally go a whole day without manually refreshing a CP page. My favorite part has to be the keyboard navigation of the forums...but Chris liked that idea too and stole it from us. ;)

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                                  I got an MS email a few weeks back and, if I recall right, they said they'll be giving away free copies of VS 2008 Standard or Pro. Just did a search and got this hit[^] which seems to confirm it.

                                  Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Upon this disciple I'll build my new religion? The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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                                  Mark Salsbery
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                                  *edit* I can't read hehe Anyway, where was "pro" mentioned? All the official press I can find states "...a version of...". Mark

                                  Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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                                  • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                    Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

                                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                    -----
                                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                    Mircea Grelus
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                                    It states at the bottom of this page:[^]

                                    Product giveaway kit good only for attendees of 2008 Launch Wave event, events that are targeted towards IT professionals. Limit one launch giveaway kit per person. All kits must be claimed at the event. This offer is non-transferrable and expires on June 30, 2008 while supplies last. Offer is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient.

                                    So they must be giving something out.

                                    Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                                      *edit* I can't read hehe Anyway, where was "pro" mentioned? All the official press I can find states "...a version of...". Mark

                                      Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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                                      Judah Gabriel Himango
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                                      I'm not sure pro was mentioned; recalling this weeks-old email entirely from memory. :)

                                      Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Upon this disciple I'll build my new religion? The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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                                        Are they giving away VS2008 Standard Edition at these events?

                                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                        -----
                                        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                        The Australian version offers: "full operating copy of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 CTP5 and Visual Studio Team System 2008 (90-day trial version) *ERP/RRP as valued by Microsoft. Launch Kit contents are subject to change. " From http://www.microsoft.com/australia/heroes/[^]

                                        I have no blog...

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                                          Heh. Nah, I'm not going to harass anybody into using it. I honestly am pretty content with the user base we've got. They're pretty vocal about the things they don't like (Take, for instance, my totalitarian decision to move that orange bar on your left over to the right side of all the page content. That got a ton of backlash. ;P) and they're pretty helpful with error reports and finding things that are wrong. My goal is really just to give people better tools for posting here at CodeProject. The old way of clicking reply, waiting for another page to load, typing into a standard textarea field, clicking submit, refreshing the browser to see your changes just seems so inefficient. Not only does CPhog put a small reply form right underneath the post you're replying to, you don't have to load any more pages to see your changes. They get added to the page you're already viewing. And thanks to the QuickRefresh functionality Josh added, new posts get added to the page in the background, so you could literally go a whole day without manually refreshing a CP page. My favorite part has to be the keyboard navigation of the forums...but Chris liked that idea too and stole it from us. ;)

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                                          El Corazon
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                                          David Stone wrote:

                                          My goal is really just to give people better tools for posting here at CodeProject. The old way of clicking reply, waiting for another page to load, typing into a standard textarea field, clicking submit, refreshing the browser to see your changes just seems so inefficient. Not only does CPhog put a small reply form right underneath the post you're replying to, you don't have to load any more pages to see your changes. They get added to the page you're already viewing. And thanks to the QuickRefresh functionality Josh added, new posts get added to the page in the background, so you could literally go a whole day without manually refreshing a CP page.

                                          guilty as charged... but peek now.;)

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