- Heroes Happen Here comic strip adventure
- Tom Brokaw’s speech on unsung heroes who “put their feet on the ground and their hands on the keyboard” to move us all forward. Are we collectively tomorrow’s greatest generation?
- Steve Ballmer (mostly because of who and what he represents – his speech was mildly interesting)
- The Virtual Launch Event for those who couldn’t come to LA.
- The Windows Server 2008 feature set rocks! Taking IT automation to a new level.
- Refreshing mix of about 4,000 real IT folks and system builders! I’m jaded from many events like this with a whole bunch of vendors hobnobbing amongst ourselves.
- LA sunshine and 70+ degrees in February (I live in Minnesota).
Update: photos from the event in Los Angeles:
What was in the goodie bag?
I didn’t get one because Seagate was a sponsor. But I saw that it was a pretty nice backpack with lots of demo disks, some flashy Microsoft brochures, and spec sheets from a vast array of sponsors.
The goodie bag has free versions of all three launch programs:
1. Visual Studio 2008
2. SQL Server 2008 (the CTP)
3. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (1 Yr. Evaluation)
There’s also a free copy of Vista Ultimate Edition with SP1, some trial software from sponsors, and a coffee table photobook of “Heroes”, companies who were test clients for the software along with their stories.
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Fred Reckling
Microsoft 2008 Joint Launch Team
http://www.microsoft.com/2008jointlaunch/