where can i get the Microsoft PDC developers sample CD..

Well, me old mate, you can't get hold of the PDC copy. What (after all) 

would be the point of charging people for the privilige of attending the 

coinference, if you then made one of the main exhibits a shareware program? 

(I have it on good authority that even the open source boys try to make 

_some_ cash in between eating all that pizza)



However, we're grateful for the MS people telling us that what (I assume) 

is essentially a replia of what is on that CD will soon be downloadable 

from the MSDN site (cudos to them for saying that and my sincere thanks - 

and, yes, I'm sure we're not the only site they've posted this important 

message to). You must not be off-put by the fact that what they will relase 

will be an Alpha... after all, what I've got on my Dell at work will only 

run on an Win2k system with IE5.5 and IIs 5 installed - if we compare that 

with a system that is designed to be backward-compatible with all 32-bit 

Windows OS, then what I have is no more than an Alpha, as I would 

understand the term, so don't think you'll have some sort of cut-price 

version of what I've got to play with at work. my guess is, it's more or 

less the same thing. Am I right, Microsoft gurus?



Daniel Walker

Wrox Press

On 08/02/00, ""Amod" wrote:

> where can i get the Microsoft PDC developers sample CD..

But Dan, we so wanted you to see you kill (or at least maim) somebody...

<grin>



On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 danielw@w... wrote:



> Well, me old mate, you can't get hold of the PDC copy. What (after all) 

> would be the point of charging people for the privilige of attending the 

> coinference, if you then made one of the main exhibits a shareware program? 

> (I have it on good authority that even the open source boys try to make 

> _some_ cash in between eating all that pizza)

> 

> However, we're grateful for the MS people telling us that what (I assume) 

> is essentially a replia of what is on that CD will soon be downloadable 

> from the MSDN site (cudos to them for saying that and my sincere thanks - 

> and, yes, I'm sure we're not the only site they've posted this important 

> message to). You must not be off-put by the fact that what they will relase 

> will be an Alpha... after all, what I've got on my Dell at work will only 

> run on an Win2k system with IE5.5 and IIs 5 installed - if we compare that 

> with a system that is designed to be backward-compatible with all 32-bit 

> Windows OS, then what I have is no more than an Alpha, as I would 

> understand the term, so don't think you'll have some sort of cut-price 

> version of what I've got to play with at work. my guess is, it's more or 

> less the same thing. Am I right, Microsoft gurus?

> 

> Daniel Walker

> Wrox Press

> On 08/02/00, ""Amod" wrote:

> > where can i get the Microsoft PDC developers sample CD..

> 

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