So last week, Robert Scoble posted
this blog entry. Robert comes clean with some stuff he has been given, and I would like tio do the same. First of all, if you see a review on this blog (or
here) by me then it's probably because someone gave me product. I have a couple resources for product. I am a member of Xtras.Net XDN (my subscription was given to me, BTW, but I may pay next year) which provides a free product every month.
I have also been given a subscription to Developer Experess' product line (partially because of my How To Select Guide on Reporting, and partially because of my unsolicited comments about Refactor! when it was announced that it was being added to VB.Net 2005... being nice to companies in your blog pays off).
I also have subscription to /n software's products.
I also have copies of just about every product that appeared in my How To Select Guides articles (which have not been published due to some issues beyond my control; I expect things to get back on track soon).
Finally know this, if I am reviewing a product, I probably was given it. I don't buy product for the purpose of reviewing, and right now I work at a company that pretty much doesn't buy third party product without a lot of effort (don't get me started).
In the future you may see some reviews by me of the /n software's products and the Developer Express stuff (I really like both their product lines).