{"id":1022,"date":"2008-03-19T20:52:13","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T20:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/1022.htm"},"modified":"2008-03-20T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2008-03-20T09:26:03","slug":"uk-customer-launch-for-microsofts-2008-product-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/uk-customer-launch-for-microsofts-2008-product-wave.htm","title":{"rendered":"UK customer launch for Microsoft&#8217;s 2008 product wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just got home from the UK &#8220;Heroes Happen Here&#8221; customer launch event for Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Exhibition hall at the Microsoft Heroes Happen Here 2008 customer launch\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/microsoft-2008-uk-launch.jpg?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" \/>and SQL Server 2008 in Birmingham.  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