This post is a duplicate from the istu blog.  The original can be found here.

Microsoft is going to make the rounds again with the Visual Studio 2008 Launch event.  They are going to lauch their Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 products.  I went to the lauch event for Visual Studio 2005 and the presentations were pretty lame but the reason you should attend....free copies of Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 (last time they were "real" copies and not the express versions).  Every attendee gets a copy!

I signed up for the Detroit event.  See you there!  You can register here.