***$ VISTA$/$OFFICE RTM$/$LAUNCH$ AH'M SO EXCITED WHOOEE! CALIENTE OFF DA
WALL BABY.***
Note well: After great fanfare, MSFT has refused to honor their contest on
pick the launch date that they offered with the TBT and on line. Go figure.
It's Softie Soft you didn't expect them to honor anything did you? The
premise was that if you picked the launch date and didn't ask for ISOs to be
mailed to you during so called CTPs you would get a shot at guessing the
launch and trip to NYC which MSFT did not honor. (Another Redmond
Headfake).
In Da USA /AND PLACES CLOSE TO IT Official Launches done been scheduled like
this:
DRUM ROLL
Pointer Sisters Music with that HOT CHEMISTRY DUO FROM DA MCE 2005 LAUNCH
MR. AND MRS. D_WORD VALUE THEMSELVES BILLY GATES AND QUEEN (DIDJA DITCH THE
BOOZE AT 125TH STREET LATIFAH):
AH'M SO EXCITED/yada yada yada
BE THEAH OR BE SQUAH IT DA EVENT OF DA CENTURY--BUT IS DEY GONNA MAKE DEVICE
MANAGER TELL YA IF A DRIVER BE GOOD AFTER 12 YEARS (HELL NO.) WELL DEN IS
WIN RE'S STARTUP REPAIR GONNA REALLY START YA UP A SIGNIF PERCENT OF DA TIME
(HELL NO)
IF DEM THINGS WORKED, YOU'D BE PAYING 4 GRAND INSTEAD OF 4 HUNERT FOR DA
VISTA ULTIMATE. WHAT YOU WANT ANYWAY--IT'S ONLY 2007. HUSH YO MOUTH.
After the global launch of Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 in
New York on Nov. 30, Microsoft will host a series of key launch events for
partners and customers in 15 U.S. cities beginning in mid-January.
The events are aimed at preparing small-business customers and solution
providers for the shipment of Microsoft's latest products, which are due for
general release at the end of January.
The first U.S. launch event is scheduled to be held in New York on Jan. 16.
The last one will be held on Microsoft's turf, in Seattle, on Feb. 26,
according to channel sources.
Key launch events will be held in seven cities in January, including Phoenix
(Jan. 17); Tampa, Fla. (Jan. 18); Boston (Jan. 24); Los Angeles (Jan. 26);
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 30) and San Francisco (Jan. 30), according to
documents viewed by CRN.
The remaining eight events will be held in February. They include launches
in Minneapolis (Feb. 1); Chicago (Feb. 7); Atlanta (Feb. 8); Houston (Feb.
13); Detroit (Feb. 13); Philadelphia (Feb. 15); Dallas (Feb. 21) and Seattle
(Feb 26).
The Redmond, Wash., software company also will host Microsoft Across America
launch events in 59 other U.S. cities in the same time frame, with the
exception of events in Honolulu and Rockville, Md., on March 1.
Solution providers and system builders say Microsoft is offering sponsorship
and exhibitor opportunities at the Ready For A New Day events. A Platinum
sponsorship for all 15 cities costs $125,000, while the cost to sponsor key
events in each city costs $5,000 or $7,000, depending on the location.
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