>>>When I set up my MSDN subscription, I could specify whether I wanted DVDs or wanted to download stuff. I don't imagine that's an MVP-only option (although I could be wrong). Perhaps your friend neglected to specify the DVD option?
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>>When I set up mine it was CD only :-}
>>Can't remember (as you may have guessed (g)) when DVDs first became available - I know a stuck with CD's for a while before switching....
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>Oh well, when I *first* got an MSDN subscription, yeah, it was CDs. A have a fews years worth of tons of CDs stored in a closet. It took me awhile also to switch to DVDs, even when I got around to getting a computer that was capable of reading DVDs. Guess I procrastinate too much sometimes. <g>

IIRC, the early DVD versions were simply made by piling the content of a bunch of CD's onto one DVD to reduce to bulk. In many cases, if you wanted to actually use them, you needed to copy the content back onto individual CDs first. Not ideal.......

I've also kept stuff going back at least 12 yrs. Goodness knows why - I can't envisage ever needing to install, say, N.T. Workstation 3.51 in Finnish in the future :-}