MSDN Pocket PC Madness…
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Ok, now I have seen everything. I order my MSDN Universal subscription, called Microsoft on Friday to get my Subscriber ID number so I could access the web site and download VS.NET 2003 just so I could install it this weekend. I needed the product ID number along with my Subscriber ID so I could register for the Pocket PC giveaway. After all is said and done, I fill out the form to register for the Pocket PC thing. What does it do? It takes my information and spits out a coupon that I have to print out an MAIL in to verify my qualification for the giveaway. Not only do I have to PRINT and MAIL IN a dumb piece of paper, but I have to provide a copy of my MSDN Subscriber Card which I don't have yet! UGH! So much for '1 degree of separation'. I can't believe that I actually have to mail in a printed paper to register for this thing.
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall." George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
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Ok, now I have seen everything. I order my MSDN Universal subscription, called Microsoft on Friday to get my Subscriber ID number so I could access the web site and download VS.NET 2003 just so I could install it this weekend. I needed the product ID number along with my Subscriber ID so I could register for the Pocket PC giveaway. After all is said and done, I fill out the form to register for the Pocket PC thing. What does it do? It takes my information and spits out a coupon that I have to print out an MAIL in to verify my qualification for the giveaway. Not only do I have to PRINT and MAIL IN a dumb piece of paper, but I have to provide a copy of my MSDN Subscriber Card which I don't have yet! UGH! So much for '1 degree of separation'. I can't believe that I actually have to mail in a printed paper to register for this thing.
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall." George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
The PDA offer is not from Microsoft, but from another company. But yeah - the point is that we have .NET right? Which is a set of XML WebServices designed to aid the interconnectivity of business information, right? And will make everything easier. With XML. And the internet is in there too somewhere. Did I mention XML? <opens draw, pulls out whiskey bottle...> cheers, Chris Maunder
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The PDA offer is not from Microsoft, but from another company. But yeah - the point is that we have .NET right? Which is a set of XML WebServices designed to aid the interconnectivity of business information, right? And will make everything easier. With XML. And the internet is in there too somewhere. Did I mention XML? <opens draw, pulls out whiskey bottle...> cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: opens draw, pulls out whiskey bottle.. Hey, let me have some...
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall." George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
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The PDA offer is not from Microsoft, but from another company. But yeah - the point is that we have .NET right? Which is a set of XML WebServices designed to aid the interconnectivity of business information, right? And will make everything easier. With XML. And the internet is in there too somewhere. Did I mention XML? <opens draw, pulls out whiskey bottle...> cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: Gimme a snort of that, too, Chris! Dealing with Microsoft is always a lot like raising an autistic child... it takes a lot of patience and love, and there are some things they'll never quite grasp. I'm still waiting for the free "Mastering Visual C++" I was supposed to get for ordering the upgrade to VS5, despite having sent in all my original proofs of purchase they demanded. But what the heck, it's only been 4 years... give them some time, right? Patience, grasshopper.... "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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Ok, now I have seen everything. I order my MSDN Universal subscription, called Microsoft on Friday to get my Subscriber ID number so I could access the web site and download VS.NET 2003 just so I could install it this weekend. I needed the product ID number along with my Subscriber ID so I could register for the Pocket PC giveaway. After all is said and done, I fill out the form to register for the Pocket PC thing. What does it do? It takes my information and spits out a coupon that I have to print out an MAIL in to verify my qualification for the giveaway. Not only do I have to PRINT and MAIL IN a dumb piece of paper, but I have to provide a copy of my MSDN Subscriber Card which I don't have yet! UGH! So much for '1 degree of separation'. I can't believe that I actually have to mail in a printed paper to register for this thing.
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall." George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
Kind of reminds about the Turbo Tax rebates this year. Every year I pick up TurboTax and the latest Quicken. There is usually a discount that effectively gives back the money I paid for Quicken in a mail in rebate. So, I get a free TurboTax State along with free posting of my fed tax return. Of course you have to pay for those first and then mail in the rebates also. That made a total of three mail-in rebates this year. I saw on the rebate form that I could do it on-line. Great I though. I go on-line and fill in all the information to find I must print the form they just generated and mail it in and repeat this process for each of the three rebates. I could understand a mail-in rebate for the purchase of TurboTax and Quicken together, but I have to mail in a rebate for the filing of my fed tax return along with another rebate to another address for the TurboTax State software which I purchased directly from them. To top it all off, I have heard nothing about the fed tax return rebate but both of the other two rebates they have messed up and one of them I have to send in my reciept again since they marked it as only buying TurboTax. With all the work involved along with the time of the phone, I have already spent more time on the rebates that I could hope to get back. Next year I am shopping for new software. No more Inuit for me! I have been using their software since I can remember but with all this rebate junk and their new spyware versions, no thanks! ::Stepping down from soap box:: We have the Internet, it is time to stop with all the "mail-in" junk! Rocky Moore <><
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Kind of reminds about the Turbo Tax rebates this year. Every year I pick up TurboTax and the latest Quicken. There is usually a discount that effectively gives back the money I paid for Quicken in a mail in rebate. So, I get a free TurboTax State along with free posting of my fed tax return. Of course you have to pay for those first and then mail in the rebates also. That made a total of three mail-in rebates this year. I saw on the rebate form that I could do it on-line. Great I though. I go on-line and fill in all the information to find I must print the form they just generated and mail it in and repeat this process for each of the three rebates. I could understand a mail-in rebate for the purchase of TurboTax and Quicken together, but I have to mail in a rebate for the filing of my fed tax return along with another rebate to another address for the TurboTax State software which I purchased directly from them. To top it all off, I have heard nothing about the fed tax return rebate but both of the other two rebates they have messed up and one of them I have to send in my reciept again since they marked it as only buying TurboTax. With all the work involved along with the time of the phone, I have already spent more time on the rebates that I could hope to get back. Next year I am shopping for new software. No more Inuit for me! I have been using their software since I can remember but with all this rebate junk and their new spyware versions, no thanks! ::Stepping down from soap box:: We have the Internet, it is time to stop with all the "mail-in" junk! Rocky Moore <><
Rocky Moore wrote: We have the Internet, it is time to stop with all the "mail-in" junk! Alas, they rely on you (or rather, the majority of people) being unwilling to go through all of the hassle to get the rebate in order to be able to offer it. Statistically speaking, you can put an upper bound of only 15% of customers ever actually sending in the rebate form. Less, the more inconvenient you make it. Simon (Who once asked marketing exactly why they put rebates on all the products he shipped... answer: it's the same as knocking $5 off the store-price, but people see the $20 rebate and feel like you're knocking $20 off it, whether they send it in or not).