MS 2008 Product Roll-out

[Guest Scrat]

Just attended the Microsoft "Heroes Happen here" 2008 product-line roll-out

in Seattle. Developer Track.

 

It was worthwhile simply on the basis of the free software I received:

 

1. Enterprise Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit versions - 1-year trial license

2. SQL Server 2008 Standard w/voucher for upgrade to Release - retail

license

3. Visual Studio 2008 Standard - retail license

4. Vista Ultimate 32-bit w/SP1 - retail license

5. 90 day One-care license

6. Windows Mobile Developer Resource Kit - trial license (don't know how

long, haven't opened; probably 1-year)

 

I have never been a a fan of Multiple Sclerosis, but I have to admit, if

these 2008 versions live up to the hype, they are a big step forward for MS.

Several big-outfit partners testified to some amazing productivity gains

using Visual Studio. There are some very ambitious per-project productivity

and profiling tools built right in. 1-year development cycles slashed to 90

days, etc.

 

Not a single crash during the code demonstrations.

 

2008 Server looks *very* nice. Open Source has obviously scared-the-hell out

of them. Among other things, MS appears to have *really* taken

virtualization to heart. Staging new servers, etc. I'm going to load the

64-bit version in a bit. I'll report.

 

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[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: MS 2008 Product Roll-out

 

I've been running Server 2008 for over a year. And in production since the

fall. I love it. Hyper-V is still beta (well, RC0), but it's already my

preferred virtualization whenever it will do the job. And the new TS

RemoteApps functionality simply ROCKS. I'm also a big fan of Server Core.

 

Overall, I'd have to say this is a solid release, and one I'm pretty happy

about.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Scrat" <scrat@acorn.biz> wrote in message

news:AB3ADE9B-4C2A-4A2B-9FFC-78C2336DE1E3@microsoft.com...

> Just attended the Microsoft "Heroes Happen here" 2008 product-line

> roll-out in Seattle. Developer Track.

>

> It was worthwhile simply on the basis of the free software I received:

>

> 1. Enterprise Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit versions - 1-year trial

> license

> 2. SQL Server 2008 Standard w/voucher for upgrade to Release - retail

> license

> 3. Visual Studio 2008 Standard - retail license

> 4. Vista Ultimate 32-bit w/SP1 - retail license

> 5. 90 day One-care license

> 6. Windows Mobile Developer Resource Kit - trial license (don't know how

> long, haven't opened; probably 1-year)

>

> I have never been a a fan of Multiple Sclerosis, but I have to admit, if

> these 2008 versions live up to the hype, they are a big step forward for

> MS. Several big-outfit partners testified to some amazing productivity

> gains using Visual Studio. There are some very ambitious per-project

> productivity and profiling tools built right in. 1-year development cycles

> slashed to 90 days, etc.

>

> Not a single crash during the code demonstrations.

>

> 2008 Server looks *very* nice. Open Source has obviously scared-the-hell

> out of them. Among other things, MS appears to have *really* taken

> virtualization to heart. Staging new servers, etc. I'm going to load the

> 64-bit version in a bit. I'll report.

>

> \s

>

>