There has been some confusion around this topic and I already got asked about this
offer twice today. So, here is the (hopefully accurate) information:
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MSDN Universal, Enterprise, Professional, and Operating System Subscribers can request
a copy of the Longhorn and Whidbey PDC bits by calling their local MSDN Subscription
Center - http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/phone/default.asp.
(MSDN IC Switzerland phone numbers: German: 0800 836 725 French: 0800 836 726)
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MSDN will not automatically ship the PDC bits to subscribers. Subscribers must call
their local MSDN Center and request the software.
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Currently, the Yukon bits are not downloadable from MSDN.
It may look a little cumbersome, having to go through the phone-call to get to the
bits, but it's really new that alpha-bits are made available so broadly. I have been
playing with these bits a little now and must say they work really well for me!
Make sure to look at the readmes, The Whidbey help system does not like the one installed
with Visual Studio .NET 2003.
I recommend not installing alpha-bits on a production system - Virtual
PC / VMWare are a great choice for such purposes.
