Richard and I headed down to Heroes Happen Here event in Birmingham in preparation for our launch events in a few weeks time. Due to external pressures and Richards driving ( he won't spring for a helicopter ) we didn't arrive until a bit after the event had started ( I know , I thought they would wait , but its ok they have recorded the whole event so we did miss anything and I don't think they will mind if anybody else has a look ;) )
I did manage to see Eileen Brown do a great turn on OCS 2008 dispute almost insolvable obstacles ( loud music , no Internet ,somebody working at home who was not prepared for a video call i.e. in their pyjama's ) provided a great overview of OCS.
The guys from NxtgenUG ran swagilly fortunes and I respected the 50' exclusion imposed on us after the "incident" with some of our juniors getting a bit too competitive in Barcelona last year ;) , ignoring that Dave still came to say hello ( John seemed to spend all his time buried in cables )
it was nice to see a lot of the usual suspects , if it hadn't been for the need to drive home it would have been nice to chat some more.
if you didn't make the Birmingham event have no fear we will be putting on not one , not two , but THREE events to celebrate the launch of the 2008 wave products.
the events are in the Leeds Bradford area
10th April 6.00pm Windows Server 2008
9th April 6.00pm SQL Server 2008
8th April 6.00pm Visual Studio 2008
good presenters , good food , great prizes and you , what could be better
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