Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 17:38:32 -0400 From: Arnold Bilansky <71533.1031@compuserve.com> Subject: Events, etc *** 1) Hype this month's meeting - Ken Levy!!! *** *** 2) DevCon Keynote - Ken Levy, Steve Balmer... *** *** 3) DevDays - Visual Studio.NET *** 4) Certification Prep discount *** 5) Windows XP Launch Event *** ******************** *** 1) Hype this month's meeting - Ken Levy!!! *** It is critically important to get a great turnout for this meeting. Please, alert your friends and customers! I wanted to make sure that you knew about the upcoming appearance by Microsoft's Product Manager for Visual FoxPro, Ken Levy, at the Boston Visual FoxPro group on October 24th. If you've worked in FoxPro before, if you compete with FoxPro applications, or if you're thinking of checking out what FoxPro can do, this is the one meeting of the year you can't afford to miss! Ken Levy: ^ÓVisual FoxPro 7.0 and Beyond^Ô October 24, 2001, 7 ^Ö 9 PM, Microsoft Office, Waltham, MA Ken Levy is the Visual FoxPro Product Manager at Microsoft. Ken is a long time recognized member of the FoxPro community and has developed many high profile applications and tools in all versions of FoxBASE/FoxPro through Visual FoxPro 6.0 since 1986. Ken was previously the Director of Technology at XMLFund, LLC and led a team of technologists in identifying and evaluating investment prospects while assisting portfolio companies in technology and marketing. Ken was formerly with DataChannel, Inc. as a Senior Architect working on technical marketing efforts for XML based enterprise corporate portal products. Ken spent over 4 years as a software engineer consulting for Microsoft on the Visual FoxPro team from version 3.0 through 7.0 and is the author of many components of Visual FoxPro including the Class Browser and Component Gallery. While working as a consultant at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ken developed several public domain open source programs including GenScrnX and other developer tools used worldwide for in-house and commercial applications. Ken is a former technical contributing editor and writer to many software magazines, a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Directions to the meeting and more at http://www.webss.com/vfpboston. Visit http://www.bostonusergroups.com for affiliated groups. ******************** *** 2) DevCon Keynote - Ken Levy, Steve Balmer... *** From: klevy@microsoft.com [mailto:klevy@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 1:22 PM To: tedroche@tedroche.com Subject: RE: Visual FoxPro Product Manager Ken Levy at Boston FoxPro Group, October 24th Be sure to forward all user group members (people on the alias you sent the email below to) to go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro and have them watch the Steve Ballmer video clip and also the 73 minute keynote session from DevCon. Thanks. Ken Levy Visual FoxPro Product Manager Microsoft http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro ******************** *** 3) DevDays - Visual Studio.NET The Boston date is November 6 at the Burlington Marriott. For further information go to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/devdays/locations.asp DevDays Registration Headquarters: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Central Standard Time Toll Free 800-253-9419, Direct Dial 636-827-5296, Fax 636-827-3658 Email devdays2001@travelhq.com ******************** *** 4) Certification Prep discount Sender: SonyaA@SelfTestSoftware.com (617) 983-6728 I have received several questions regarding the Self Test User Group Program and the 30% discount email that we sent your group last week. Here is an update to clarify a couple of these questions: * We have extended the expiration date of the discount to November 1, 2001. This will enable you to discuss the discount with your group at your next meeting. * In order for your members to receive the discount, they must follow the links that were incorporated in the email message. When they follow these links to our site, the discount is automatically applied to the shopping cart when they order a practice test. * At the end of this message you will find a copy of the original message with the extended date, which I recommend you forward via email to your members. Self Test Software has been building tests since 1992. We built the first practice test, Big Red Self Test, for Novell and have since been authorized by Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Lotus and CIW. Because of our longevity in the exam prep industry and our close vendor contacts, we think we can be a valuable resource for your group. If you feel that your group would not benefit from participating in our User Group Program, please email me and I will be sure to remove you from our list. In a couple of weeks we will be offering another benefit to you - the ability to add a banner to your group web site and earn 10% commission on any Self Test practice test sold. Thank you for your time and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Sonya Amt Marketing Self Test Software 770-643-3629 Please pass this email discount to your members: __________________________________________________________________ Are you on the road to getting certified? Here's one more benefit to being a member of our User Group! Self Test Software, the world leader in certification practice tests, is offering our members a 30% discount on all of their downloadable practice tests! Now through November 1, 2001 you can save 30% on any of their 100+ downloadable practice tests that include Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Novell, Lotus, CIW and CompTIA's A+, i-Net+, Server+ and Network+. This substantial savings makes the average price of their tests $70! A particular value is their 70-240 practice test that combines all 4 core Windows 2000 practice tests for a discounted price of $249.20 (a savings of $106.80)! Pass this savings to your friends! 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By clicking on any of the links above, your discount will automatically be applied to your shopping basket. __________________________________________________________________ *** 5) Windows XP Launch Event *** ******************** Dates and locations: October 25th -- The Westin Hotel - Boston, MA October 25th -- Meadows Music Theatre -Hartford, CT October 25th -- The Sheraton Hotel - Nashua, NH October 30th -- The Westin Hotel - Providence, RI October 30th -- The Civic Center- Portland, ME Event Agenda: 7:00 am - 9:00 am Registration with Continental breakfast and Partner Pavilion 9:00 am -10:30 am General Session 10:30 am -11:00 am Coffee break/ Partner Pavilion 11:00 am - 12:30 PM General Session with Q & A For more information on the WINDOWS XP LAUNCH Please Visit: http://www.windowsrsvp.com/overview.asp?uid=102049,37163.558727893520 ******************** To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to majordomo@blu.org. 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