No, I'm currently composing my pack of lies. Did you include a URL ? I thought I might have to get a website up first.

>I am not quite as sanguine about it. Using their Windows monopoly power to thwart competing software was exactly what got them in trouble with the DOJ.
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>Have you managed to sign up for the ISV Empower subscription yet? No luck here. I went through the application processes for Windows Live and the Empower signup. I am out there as an ISV now but the status still shows as Pending in the Empower signup process, so I can't sign up for MSDN yet. Aggravating. I agree with you about the kludginess of the site.
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>Maybe they somehow figured out I told a pack of lies on the application <g>.
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>>>Re IE, this is obnoxious. I just went to the site using Firefox and was blocked when I tried to sign up for the program. A message says I am using an unsupported internet browser and need to use IE. They sure don't act like a company that had the Justice Dept. after them for 10 years, do they?
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>>Actually, this is one I don't really blame them for. Kind of like the Ford plant that has a separate parking lot for foreign cars ( in another zip code <s> ) It's their website.
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>>Of course when IE doesn't work because of something they've done to trash my cookies - well, it makes me want to toss my cookies along with IE.
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>>>>I've been trying off an on for months to sign up for the MS ISV Empower Program ( MSDN for $375 etc )
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>>>>This site looks promising http://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/ISVCommunity/OverviewdetailEmpower.aspx
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>>>>but when I click join now I go to a page that says Windows Live ID is not available on this site ( a MS site !! ) and the links to join seem to go nowhere.
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>>>>I historically find MS websites extremely quirky and usually broken ( and I make sure to use IE as Firefox complicates the problem even further. )
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>>>>Anyone who has insight into how to get started on this, it would be greatly appreciated. Craig, Alex ... ?
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>>>>TIA