An ongoing blog run by the managers of the online and offline MSDN Subscriptions program.
August 2005 - Posts
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A quick update on how the download language can be set in the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site. Currently, there is a language pull-down box in the site header that can be used to select a language. This pulldown is going away, and there are two main ways Read More...
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Every now and then I get mail along the lines of: "Hey Micro$oft, how come yer Subscriber Downloads site is so bad? It takes the Table of Contents 5 minutes to load over my Packard Bell 28.8K modem!?!?!". U have $40 Billion dollars so why don't you spend Read More...
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There is some high-level personalization that gets done within the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site. This, behind Search, was the top customer request in terms of feature requests for MSDN Subscriber Downloads. After selecting the Subscriber Downloads benefit, Read More...
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I have on my wall an original poster (dated 1997) announcing the new MSDN Subscriber Downloads site. Back then, the MSDN Subscription had a single level, a few hundred products, and a fairly simple Table of Contents (it also had search functionality, Read More...
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One of the restrictions in our current system is that all of our account management requires a single subscription to be associated with a single login (Passport). This makes the system simple (from our end, at least), but is a bit of a pain for the customer Read More...
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Now that we're in our final launch planning, I'm going to try to introduce some of the major new features of the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site that you'll be able to see starting next week. About every day or so I plan to post an updated Blog entry describing Read More...
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Bytes, that is… By now, many thousands of you have successfully downloaded Windows Vista Beta 1 from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. We’re pleased with your interest and appreciate your support – you’ve made this the top download of any product offered from Read More...
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