Correction - apparently the $869 includes GST.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of David Brennan
> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2002 10:39 a.m.
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: mySQL
>
>
> Paul,
>
> Microsoft terminology can be confusing at it's best.
>
> We are not a Microsoft "Certified" Partner. We are a Registered Member of
> the Microsoft for Partners site. Notice the subtle difference? From the US
> website the following webpage outlines the various programs although it's
> not as clear as it could be:
>
> http://members.microsoft.com/partner/partnering/programs/default.aspx
>
> As far as I can tell pretty much anyone can be a Registered Member of the
> Partners site (although you do need a Passport account - shiver!). And
> according to the following page:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/nz/partner/businessresources/actionpack/
>
> being a Registered Member and being a reseller, consultant, system builder
> or IT professional who builds/provides solutions based on
> Microsoft Products
> and Technologies (ie it runs on Windows?) is pretty much all that is
> required to purchase the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription. For $869+GST
> (per year if you want to remain a subsciber and get further updates) it
> seems to include a lot of NFR (not for resale) products although I should
> warn you that we haven't actually subscribed so reality may not live up to
> the hype.
>
> If you want to go a step further and become a proper Microsoft "Certified"
> Partner then you get all of the Action Pack stuff and much, much more as
> part of it... but that is another, more difficult and expensive, story.
>
> David.
>
> Disclaimer: I really don't know that much about this stuff - my
> comments are
> based on fairly limited experience with Microsoft so don't take
> any of this
> as gospel. Perhaps an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or a phone call to
> Microsoft could help more...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Paul Ritchie
> > Sent: Monday, 12 August 2002 9:07 a.m.
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > Subject: RE: [DUG]: mySQL
> >
> >
> > David Brennan wrote:
> > > And before you begin thinking that you couldn't be a
> > > Microsoft Partner, we are, it hasn't cost us
> > > anything to join, we don't have any Microsoft Certified
> > > developers working for us etc.
> >
> > David, on the MS site it says:
> > "Microsoft Certified Partners must have at least 2 Microsoft Certified
> > Professionals on staff, or 1 software product that successfully
> completes
> > one of the following software tests..."
> >
> > As you don't have any MCPs, I take it you mean that you have a
> > product that
> > passes one of those tests?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Paul.
> >
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