>I've never subscribed to the full MSDN product and am wondering if it's worth the price of admission. Is it worth the $2,000 / year versus the price for Visual Studio? Just wondering what the thoughts are of current subscribers.
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>Thanks,
>Steve

You know there is an alternative to getting MSDN Universal... become a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, and you get MSDN Universal, TechNet, etc. All you need is 2 MCP's (not MCSD's MCSE's just MCP's - one test) here is the requirements site...
http://www.microsoft.com/mcsp/requirements/

Here is the Benefits site...
http://www.microsoft.com/mcsp/benefits/

Best of all... the fee to become an MCSP is only $1095

Also, if you go through the sign up (you don't actually have to enroll) you can see all the licenses you get for software, etc.

HTH