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I’m supposed to be reserved in Mr. Patrick Oliveros’ speech tomorrow but I was wait-listed because….

… we can not confirm your attendance as we are currently accommodating IT Professionals and Microsoft Customers only. Should space be made available prior to the event, we will inform you and send you a separate letter.

We do apologize for this; however our limited seating capacity prompts us to give priority to specific audiences first.

We’ll I’m disappointed because I’m a Microsoft customer as well, considering that I bought my laptop with a licensed Windows XP… and I am an MSDN Connection bronze member now after going to Dev Days 2005 yesterday. I also think that students shouldn’t be left out in this kind of events because it’s about “introduction” to .NET anyway; IT professionals should have an idea what it is already. Besides, my main purpose is to invite Mr. Patrick Oliveros to be our guest speaker, as Mr. Stanley Tan recommended. Mr. Oliveros is currently an Associate Academic Developer Evangelist, Developer and Platform Group of Microsoft Philippines.

The priority for IT professionals is really lame…

I’m browsing http://msforums.ph/forums/ at the moment and I can recognize some of the active members there. After Dev Days 2005, I realized that there’s really a big market for the upcoming Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005. I’m sure that having those skills before or after I graduate will make me more competitive in the industry.

I really like the new VS.NET 2005… developers virtually can code less and concentrate more on the functionality and program design. The dubbed “Avalon” and “Indigo” are also promising.

What I didn’t like on Dev Days 2005 is that MS Philippines underestimated the attendance this year, and so there are shortage of seats. During breaks and moving in between rooms, it seemed very disorganize down on the hallway. Apparently, even the online registration for MSDN Connect is not fast / many enough to accomodate the volume of registrants.

Mr. Stanley Tan was there. His demos and speeches on stage are among the best. Some speakers are ok, but he’s outstanding. Overall, the event is very satisfactory. I’ve got freebies and my first-time experience seeing the new technologies is just amazing.

I got my pass already got to sleep now and wake up early…

I have been using iTunes since version 5, and now it’s in version 6. Last Friday, Apple released a small update (v6.0.1) which amuse me so much. Apple’s release cycle is becoming very short. We know it’s better but it annoys me to download about 32 mb files every release. I really hope there’s an incremental update for iTunes for those small security and stability updates.

UPDATE:

Ok, I installed it this morning (10/23/2005) but I got irratated with the graphics since I don’t have a high-end graphics card. It’s also quite slow… so I dumped it. I reformatted my PC again, and I’m installing XP at the moment. It should have a nicer interface if I have a more decent graphics card installed in my PC.