How does one get an invite to an event like that? Are they common? All I ever heard of are the 'MS Tech Days' for which you have to pony several thousands and you don't even get cool stuff, afaik.
I'm not so sure. I tried to get a free Android device to see if Android is an interesting platform to develop for, but couldn't find anyone that could get one for me (and I'm not ready to sign a 2-year contract just for an experiment :)).
Seems a reasonable strategy to me if you have plenty of money but are short on time. Probably the largest barrier to having university students play with the platform is the cost of the hardware.
