>Is there a current Microsoft Empower ISV program or a successor with similar cheap MSDN bennies?
I get MSDN Pro for $386 a year from an outfit called Software Wholesale International. That's a lot cheaper than buying it from Microsoft and as a professional developer I consider it a reasonable cost of doing business. I know you are not shy about buying tools that make you more productive.
Our conversation about the Grateful Dead earlier today has left me in all Grateful Dead / all the time mode. I would post some YouTube links if it wouldn't annoy John Baird so much.
Oh wait....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e231uv5Ae34http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4SqDx1vi4chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWuQiGaIsso