Microsoft's Bizspark program also has a free MSDN subscription, and anyone who reads Hacker News could easily get into Bizspark. Your entire project does not n

Microsoft's Bizspark program also has a free MSDN subscription, and anyone who reads Hacker News could easily get into Bizspark. Your entire project does not need to be on Windows to be accepted into Bizspark, just some part that needs, say, the desktop development tools. In fact, the application process does not make much inquiry into just what your project is.