Tech Ed 2006: Goodie Bag falls short of expectations

by Bill Detwiler in Storage

on June 12, 2006, 11:38 PM PDT

Tech Ed 2006: Goodie Bag falls short of expectations

Click here for a detailed photo of the Tech Ed 2006 goodie bag and its contents. I always enjoy digging through the Tech Ed attendee bag. Microsoft usually packs the bag with some useful software. This year however, I was rather disappointed. Besides the usual marketing slicks, promotional CDs and DVDs, and magazines, the bag contained the following ...

Click here for a detailed photo of the Tech Ed 2006 goodie bag and its contents.

I always enjoy digging through the Tech Ed attendee bag. Microsoft usually packs the bag with some useful software. This year however, I was rather disappointed. Besides the usual marketing slicks, promotional CDs and DVDs, and magazines, the bag contained the following software:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Beta 2) Technical Resource DVD – This DVD doesn’t actually contain SharePoint, just marketing material and a link to Microsoft’s Web site to download the software.
Microsoft Windows 64-bit Resource DVD – Again, this DVD contains only promotion material, not the actual software.
Windows Server Longhorn Beta 2 – Nice, but this was released last month
Windows Vista Beta 2 – Released last month
Microsoft Office System Beta 2 – Released last month
Visual Studio 2005 Professional 90-Day Trial Edition

By Bill Detwiler

Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.

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