>Wayne,
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>>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/
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>Hmmmm, there is an interesting change to the requirements:
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>New for 2000 - if your organization produces a product that was certified by Microsoft and qualified as "Designed for Microsoft BackOffice" or "Certified for Windows," you may substitute this benchmark of expertise for one of the two Microsoft Certified Professionals. However, one (1) Microsoft Certified Professional is still required for each site. http://www.microsoft.com/backoffice/designed/
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>I wonder what it costs to get an app certified? Might be cheaper than a second employee. :-)

There's a very gray area when it comes to the MCP's... you don't actually have to have two 'employees' - only two MCP's. So if you are a consulting firm of one, you can collaborate with someone else and use both ID's to become an MCSP.