MS launch events [modified]

[Dan Neely]

Why does that not surprise me. :sigh:

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[Jim Crafton]

Actually I'm kind of bummed, I just checked the NYC event and it's all booked up :( So no Weven for me. And after having blown close to $400 on Vista, I'm not really too anxious to rush out and blow at least another $200 on Weven.

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[thrakazog]

Looks like developers can get away with only attending the morning session. I can trade 4 hours for a new OS and be back at work by noon-ish. Victory Stewy.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Phoenix hasn't filled up yet. :-D

[0x3c0]

This always annoys me. Why do they not put any events in the UK? Those topics sound really interesting, but there isn't one near me.

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[Dan Neely]

It's a ~100min drive for me; so if I go I'll end up losing most of the day unless I want to work late...

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[Jim Crafton]

Yeah, I'm sure work will pay to fly me out there 'cause I'm too damn cheap to buy Weven. :)

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Mine's about sixty miles away, but I have friends nearby so I'll invite myself over the night before. :-D

[Dan Neely]

My parents live about 15 miles away, but that won't help me in getting back from work. :-/

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[Dan Neely]

AFAIK these promotions are run by the local distribution office, so it's MSUK being cheaper/more boring than MSUS; not MS Corporate snubbing the UK.

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[RyanJOberg]

Chicago was booked, fortunately Minneapolis wasn't booked yet. I went to the XP release years ago and for the most part it was not very informative. I don't remember anything about optimizing and "Creating New And Exciting Users Experiences" from that one though. Well, at least it is a copy of Weven?

[Shog9 0]

I signed up for the one in Denver before it really sunk in that this is a four-hour round trip for roughly 3 hours of content and a free DVD. Bah... Hopefully this won't be as lame as the VS event i went to last time; that was a complete waste of time.

[Dan Neely]

I just pulled the trigger, so barring any snarfus with the maximum number of attendee's not being update in real time (has happened with other MS give away programs), or in getting time off (unlikely) I'll be attending the Weven Developer session in Pittsburgh the morning of the 30th.

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[ProfessorDan]

Bad for you guys good for me it is only about 6 miles from where I work in San Diego :-D

[Roger Wright]

The last time I went to a Microsoft Launch event, the free product they handed out turned out to be a time-limited version. As a side issue, the content was all hoopla, with little practical educational value - a glorified, extended sales pitch. On the bright side, the lunch served was excellent. I won't bother with another event for a very long time.

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[Shog9 0]

Roger Wright wrote:

On the bright side, the lunch served was excellent.

There's supposed to be a breakfast; there's no way they'd get me up there at 7AM without that. I hope it's worth the effort...