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Releasing software is hard.
Sure, the individual steps like specifying, developing, testing, documenting, and planning support for new software features are difficult enough — but the discipline of knowing when to STOP adding features, and to focus instead on finishing a complete, polished, release-ready product is tougher than it sounds to those outside the industry.
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I got an email from the VSIP program last night, requesting that I fill out a satisfaction survey.  I did so happily — there’s nothing like a quick dose of VSIP to wash away the taste of a bad MSPP experience.
(OK, too much jargon — sorry. Let me explain.)
The Visual Studio Industry Partners (VSIP) [...]

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Yes, that’s the Digipede flag on top of Mt. Rainier.  OK, NEAR the top.  Read on.
Our friend Terry Clancy from Microsoft’s VSIP team took part in a fundraiser to help repair the damage from this winter’s floods in Washington.  We were one of the sponsors of Terry’s climb, and he was kind enough to carry [...]

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Microsoft’s huge TechEd conference is in full swing in Orlando this week. 
Actually, no one from Digipede is physically at TechEd — but if you’re there, look in your bag!  See that VSIP Partner Resource DVD?  We’re on there!  You now have your own free copy of the Digipede Network Developer Edition — install it, try [...]

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Yes, I’m going back to New York again next week.  Digipede Director of Products Dan Ciruli and I will give a presentation and demonstration entitled “Scaling SOA with Grid Computing for .NET.”  SOA here is Service Oriented Architecture, an area of increased activity for us.  Here’s the abstract we wrote for our session:
Presenters:  John Powers [...]

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I spent portions of the last three days at the Visual Studio Industry Partners (VSIP) summit in Redmond.  Thanks and congratulations to the whole VSIP team for a worthwhile and fun event!
VSIP is another of the Microsoft partner programs that can deliver great value if you’re patient and willing to work a bit.  As a continuing public service, [...]

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If you’re a Microsoft partner, (specifically, in the Visual Studio Industry Partners, or VSIP program), and you have any sort of free offer, you owe it to yourself to check out something called an MSDN Flash.  (It is, of course, not easy to find this opportunity on the dreaded partner.microsoft.com site.  Searching on “MSDN Flash” finds a single [...]

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OK, let’s start with something simple — my trip to New York City last week for the Microsoft Financial Developers Conference.  Microsoft gathered four hundred of the Best and Brightest from Wall Street, Redmond, and even Oakland, for two days of give and take at the Millenium Broadway Hotel.  I went with Digipede Product Manager [...]

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