Microsoft MSDN licenses for Apache committers

[Craig L Russell <Cr...@Sun.COM>]

If you're interested. Please use your Apache email address to make it  
easier to verify.

Craig

Begin forwarded message:

> ASF Committers,
>
> I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft is extending MSDN Subscriptions
> to ASF Committers for the coming year, and that I now have closer  
> access
> to the fulfillment queues this year to expedite these requests.
>
> There is no "click here to renew" method for me, so every committer,  
> either
> new or renewing must send me their request in full.
>
> I can process these most efficiently if you would please email me your
> request with this exact format;
>
> To: garretts@microsoft.com
> Subject: [APACHE-MSDN] [<zone>]
>
> where [zone] is one of:
>
>  [NORAM]      (US, Canada, Mexico)
>  [EMEA]       (Europe, Middle East, Africa)
>  [APOC]       (Asia, Pacific and Japan)
>  [LATAM]      (Latin America/South America)
>
> and the body of the message contains;
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Full Name: <first> <last>
> EMAIL: <user>@<domain>.<org>
> Apache Project: <apr, httpd, etc>
> Complete Mailing Address:
>    <street address>
>    <city>
>    <postal code>
>    <country>
> Phone Number:
>    <contact phone #>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> If yours is formatted correctly, (especially the subject line--keep  
> the square
> brackets!) I'll keep your request organized, and it won't fall  
> between the cracks.
>
> *** everyone in the first bunch must respond by 9:00AM PST October  
> 23rd.***
>
> I will initially acknowledge your request within a day, if you don't  
> see that
> response please resend.  I will then inform you when it's been  
> processed on
> the 23rd.  Please allow 3-4 weeks after that for the subscription to  
> be activated;
>
> I'm travelling a heck of a lot after that, and I won't likely be  
> very timely.
> My next opportunity to process these will be in December.
>
> Be sure to set YOUR spam filter to accept emails containing the word  
> "MSDN", so
> that you receive your subscription!  These mails come from many  
> different processing
> centers so there is no one correct address to filter for.

Craig L Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://db.apache.org/jdo
408 276-5638 mailto:Craig.Russell@sun.com
P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!