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1). I'm sure that Subscription can help me write better applications.

2) I agree with other comments. I think from the specific Ultimate features I may use the Architecture features and the Coded UI test.

Ok, 3)
http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/All/?disp=authdir&author=218
http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/naomi/archive/2010/03/22/why-left-join-doesn-t-bring-all-records-from-the-left-table.aspx

Active answerer at many technical sites:

MSDN
ASP.NET/Forums
universalthread.com
tek-ips.com

1) I probably wouldn't call it "need" but I believe that the Ultimate version might help me be more productive on my PhD and in the projects I'm working on. At the moment I am working on an research project with Virtual Reality and I'm developing the software (the VR simulator and several applications for data analysis).

2) On the specific Ultimate features I will use mainly the Architecture features and most probably the Coded UI tests.

3) I don't have a blog.

Thanks.

1) It would definitely help me build my career and future life since I've just graduated as a computer engineering student and I can't afford to buy Microsoft tools. It would also help my family's life because I'm going to have the tools to start practicing in Microsoft tools especially VS2010, and by that I could build the base to find a good job and maybe start freelancing.

2) An awesome feature I'd like to use is Lab Management since I can gain more experience on how to test an application in testing environment which could help me find a job in financial sector like banking because they require a lot of testing to security reasons.

3) You could check out my blog here: http://salehalsaffar.com/blog

Thank you.

Please people don't forget to leave a message in the forum so that Denis can contact you.

I am part of no for profit educational organization in Pakistan. We work provide quality education on very low cost. As we are developing country and inflation is very high so we can't afford all the tools. Most of the time we rely on free tools (e.g Express editions etc). With this subscription I will be in much better position to gain knowledge and train our students. We are also working on online testing system for our students. I am one of the moderators of http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/windowsazure/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SilverlightSoftware/

1) I would love to have this so I can learn more about Microsoft's current offerings and share my findings with other code slingers via my blog. I used to use MSFT technologies a number of years back, but my career mostly works with other technologies these days, so I'm a little behind the times in this area. I'd love to have a way to view all the parts of the current Microsoft world!

2) I'm an incurable tire-kicker, so I expect I'd use a great deal of the subscription. These days I'm working pretty heavily with SOA, so I'd expect to spend a lot of time in that part of the stack.

3) Please do visit my blog at www.rickwagner.blogspot.com You'd see a lot more MSFT news if I were lucky enough to win this subscription!

1. I am not really building something right now but I do like to help out on the asp.net forums and provide simple code samples of some of the more common problems that new developers struggle with every day either via the forums, my blog or directly. I have been involved with the Microsoft developer community since VB 5 days (via UseNet Newsgroups) and always have felt you should give something back. Having such a complete toolset would help me to learn more about the new features of .NET 4.0

2. I would probably utilize the Architecture and Modeling and the Database Development features for the most part.

3.
http://thefrozencoder.ca
http://forums.asp.net/members/whighfield.aspx
http://groups.google.ca/groups/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=whighfie+microsoft.public.vb

Maybe you are MS MVP?
As i know, MSDN Subscription from MVP Award is not allow to distribution.

Ming, yes I am a MVP but I am not giving away my MSDN subscription, Microsoft provided me with 3 Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN activation cards

Here is what it said in the email


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To celebrate the recent launch Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework, the MSDN team will again be providing Developer MVPs with 3 Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN activation cards. There are no restrictions to who can receive these cards, although we hope that you’ll give them to someone who hasn’t yet experienced some of the fantastic benefits of Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN!

Oh, sorry my dear SQLDenis ,
I have view your blog post clearly,you give away the MSDN subscription card ,not you own one. :), yes it is legal~ and i also do so.

1) I constantly try to build innovative software (asp.net mvc), and sometimes I succeed
2) Lab Management is something I would definitively give a try
3) I'm so poor that I can't even afford a blog :-(

>>3) I'm so poor that I can't even afford a blog :-(

Petrhaus, there are many free blogging solutions, blogger and wordpress (there are others) both offer you to create a blog that doesn't cost you anything

1) I'd write some Management Studio Addins for SQL Server 2008.
2) VS Team Explorer would allow me to work with a Mac loving colleague & friend.
3) I blog at http://sqlsolace.blogspot.com/

1) I will build games with it. I am getting into indie game development with a view to moving from my current profession of web development into games development. I'm just completing a browser game using just javascript and the new html5 media and canvas elements, to see whats possible in the near future without flash! So i will be using it for c# xna, as well as javascript and html. I also wish to do some work with the new odata stuff, to deal with the highscores, as well as a chance to use the latest iteration of the entity framework.

2) The historical debugger would be awesome, especially when debugging realtime code which is changing all the time, as you see in game loops. I'm also interested to see the designer tools letting you visually build systems with UML and have the basic structural code generated for you.

3) http://www.shawson.co.uk/codeblog
http://8weekgame.shawson.co.uk
http://stackoverflow.com/users/192305/shawson

1. I need this subscription to help me simplify healthcare-related software. Simpler software is easier to use correctly. Improve record keeping improves lives.
2. Better ALM, Architecture and Modeling, and DB support would help make me a better developer.
3. http://rogerpence.com/blog

1) I am now running my a user group ( http://sqlsocialkent20100818.eventbrite.com/) , so would like to speak with more authority about DataDude and such issues.
2) Intellitrace looks good as do the architecture components.
3) http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/sqlandthelike/ , active in SqlServerCentral and msdn online forums, User groups twitter, fingers cross for a session at SqlBits

1. I need Windows Server because I was going to create a few Safari Extensions but I cannot request a developer certificate without Certificate Services. I also need Visual Studio 2010 to create Seesmic plugins.

2. IntelliTrace and UI tests would be useful for the Demand Response transportation service application that is in the maintenance phase.

3. http://www.williamsportwebdeveloper.com/cgi/wp/index.php
http://weblogs.asp.net/rrobbins/

1. I am working on a startup idea. Currently using ASP.NET MVC 1, VS 2008. Would love to move up to VS 2010 / .NET 4 and latest MVC version. Idea is around helping people find great deals on products/services.

2. I could certainly use the feature packs / architecture / modeling tools and the latest Visual Studio 2010. I'd also be interested in playing with Expression Studio Ultimate. Any Windows Phone 7 stuff (if available) would be nice to experiment with as well.

3. http://www.dennydotnet.com
http://stackoverflow.com/users/113474/dennydotnet
http://forums.asp.net/members/superghost.aspx

1)I run my own website (bicnet.org) which is a site for .NET articles, sample projects and the like. I also design and develop and host web sites
for small businesses, churches, and friends for free mainly because it helps me learn. It will also give my wife some peace and quiet as I can get tunnel visioned on my work.
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2) Architecture and Modeling. With this functionality I might be able to finally model the comprehensive combat abilities of Chuck Norris.
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3) http://weblogs.asp.net/rternier/
http://bicnet.org
http://forums.asp.net/members/RTernier.aspx

1) Why do you need this, what are you going to build with this, will it help other people's lives?
I consider myself to be an early adopter of development products (VS 2010, ASP.NET MVC). I blog (link provided above) with the findings of these new products on my blog site.

2) What specific functionality that is only part of Ultimate are you going to use?
Historical Debugger, Architecture and Modeling sound very interesting.

3) You need to have a technical blog and provide the URL to that blog, if you are an active member of the technical community (stackoverflow, msdn forums etc etc) then also include those links.
http://weblogs.asp.net/nmarun
http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_991510.html
http://twitter.com/nmarun53

Arun

1) I'm currently running VS2010 Premium, but it just lacks the of all the architectural stuff that's in the Ultimate version. I'd use that to build some tooling or VS extension that revolves arround code inspection, code reflection and generations of diagrams from existing assemblies.

2) The architecture and modeling stuff. Also the use of the just released Visualization and Modeling Feature Pack is on my wish-to-use list.

3) My blog: http://blogger.xs4all.nl/mzetstra
http://sequenceviz.codeplex.com

What will I do with MSDN Ultimate and why I need it is as follows:
1. I want to create some Indian Web Services (Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Q&A etc services) in Indian Languages. This will help in connecting more indians with Internet. Therefore This subscription will help me to get VS2010 and Windows for development purpose.
2. I just purchased an HP Workstation for development purpose. But The Windows disc I got with it is useless because it is a restore disk. That means it restores the computer in factory conditions by formatting entire HDD. This means my data will be always on risk. Therefore I need another copy of Windows.
I also write articles about technology in hindi language in my blogs:
My Blogs: http://ankurthoughts.blogspot.com
http://blogs.antarjaal.in/takneek
http://blogs.antarjaal.in/webvikas

1)I wish to start working on tools and services that will allow for rapid development and management of webbased telephony api services such as Twilio, Tropo, Cloudvox, etc. I feel that these are much needed tools in this new segment of the industry that provides developers to integrate phone and sms features into products without having to know the inner workings of the telephone systems. However right now there is little if no standards and it’s still difficult to work with multiple providers of services. Hopefully the tools and systems I create will improve this.

2) The two primary features that I am looking for are the improved testing and debugging tools, that will help me write good solid code with minimal bugs and the access to the MSDN subscription so I can setup a virtual lab of different servers to be able to properly test that my programs run correctly on different platforms.

3) My blog is http://alanbarber.org, I don’t post often but I’m very active in the technical community on twitter @alanbarber and attend many conferences and usergroups.

Here are my answers to required questions.

I am a software developer having more than two years of experience. I always believe in sharing my knowledge with community.

Ans 1) I need it to improve my knowledge so that I can build better applications and using that I can be useful to community. I have some idea in mind to develop some a portal from which one can get instant help on any topic.

Ans 2)I am going to use Architecture and modeling and Application life cycle management.

Ans 3)here is my blog link.

http://davehiren.blogspot.com

1) I so need this. I just can't stop coding and building websites but it would really help to have the most awesome tools that an MSDN ultimate subscription provides.

2) Well definitely the architecture explorer, you can visualise all the relationships between your assemblies - how cool is that? But you can count on me fiddling about with just about everything!

3) http://notjustanotherdeveloper.wordpress.com - also on stackoverflow: notjustanotherdeveloper amongst others

I have always dreamed of owning my own software company. A few years back I started doing some database development on the side, but then I got married, had a son, and began having some health challenges which together halted what I'd been doing.

But there is a special opportunity coming to me this Saturday to get back into the swing of things: my wife and son will be leaving the country for six weeks. I had already been planning to devote myself to developing one of many application ideas, but now:

1) I would use MSDN Ultimate Subscription to build a secure server/file transfer/fetching/archiving/processing/reconciling/user worklist managing/cross-platform system (uncannily and quite coincidentally, exactly what is desperately needed at a company I know). It will help other people's lives in several ways: filling a need that many companies are bound to have and for a low price (as initially I will need to build market presence more than profit); increasing the number of small software development businesses out there, proving again that it can be done and providing inspiration for the masses; getting a family's Dad home so he can spend more time with them. If it helps, I'll blog about the development and growth of my application and business.

2) The functionality I would use that is unique to VS Ultimate is Architecture and Modeling. I believe in "starting the way you mean to finish." So even though I'll be a one-man shop at first, that means test-driven design, agile development, automated regression testing, version control, good backups, and all the infrastructure needed to hire employees when the time comes without having to change much. I'll be eager to add the layer diagramming abilities of VS Ultimate to this mix.

3. Blogs and technical community activity:

http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/All/?disp=authdir&author=71
http://stackoverflow.com/users/57611/emtucifor
http://tek-tips.com/userinfo.cfm?member=emtucifor
http://squaredthoughts.blogspot.com/ (a bit out of date but still representative of my work)
not to mention http://forum.lessthandot.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=98

1) Why do you need this - Because I am a poor, seriously underpaid SQL Server 2008 DBA/Developer who can't even afford VS2010 Pro!
What are you going to build with this - I am going to build practice apps to learn from, as I am relatively new to development
will it help other people's lives? It is my hope that training myself will get me into a job in which I am helping other people.

2) What specific functionality that is only part of Ultimate are you going to use? - Architecture Explorer

3) You need to have a technical blog and provide the URL to that blog, if you are an active member of the technical community (stackoverflow, msdn forums etc etc) then also include those links. - http://dyfhid.wordpress.com. Also, I am the Volunteer Coordinator for PASS' APplication Development Virtual Chapter, located at http://appdev.sqlpass.org

This part is done now, no need to leave any more comments. Now it will go for a vote

I am a Microsoft MVP for visual C# and I am regularly blogging on my blog on the above. The MSDN ultimate subscription will definitely help me on exploring new things and If i new learn new things from it i will definitely going to blog all this for the community.

Best Regards,

Jalpesh , you are too late, it already went for a vote yesterday