I went to the MS Office roll out. For my trouble and time I got MS Office 2003 Professional at no charge plus a few other nifty items like SQL2000 and Office Tools for Visual Studio .Net.
Now if I can just convince them that if they throw in 3DMax6 I'll gladly volunteer to redesign their logo for Longhorn.
Attend the thing, bro. There is always something new to learn and this is for free.
Best,
Jerry