This insight helps us design our products even better. Stingray has an MSDN Universal Subscription. They also receive all of the product updates and new releases during the subscription year. No option except MSDN gave us the level of support and resources needed to meet this challenge. Bill Martschenko, head of Stingray's Advanced Technology Group.
Documentation only goes so far.
It really helps to visualize what the documentation is describing. We've also found the articles about COM and ActiveX very helpful because it's an incredibly rich area. It has helped us validate our belief in the importance of COM and the value-add of our product. Martschenko adds that the sheer volume of information at a developer's disposal makes MSDN a mandatory tool. What I've found in MSDN is a viable alternative.