Are you going to register your copy of Visual Studio?

Dear Customers,

I have a question for all of you: why do you register Visual Studio?

We are currently crafting the registration experience for you in Whidbey. In the past, you were asked to register the product at the end of setup for one time only. If you skip registration at that point, you really don't have access to register anymore unless you hunt for the registration website on MSDN or mail in the registration card.

We are going to make registration more accessible from the IDE and the experience more seamless. We are not going to ask you your pet's name or your car's color. We are going to minimize the number of questions asked to reduce the overhead of registration.

The reason why we ask want to gather your information is because we want to serve you better. Our Product Management Group will intelligently contact you with relevant events in your local area, send you offers and news that is of interest to you. The goal here is absolutely not to annoy you, our customers. We just want to serve you better.

I am not sure what thoughts come to your mind when you hear the word registration. Please send me some feedback on whether you would register your copy of Visual Studio and why.

James