It doesn't solve the photoshop problem, but microsoft has a program that more or less is to assuage small company guilt about needing to pirate their tools. ht

It doesn't solve the photoshop problem, but microsoft has a program that more or less is to assuage small company guilt about needing to pirate their tools. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.asp... As low as $200-$300 a year buys you 10 "evaluation only" licenses of most microsoft desktop and server software including office, windows, server, visual studio, exchange etc. The air quotes are more or less microsoft's there - they would rather have your company use cheap microsoft tools than go to open source equivalents. I've heard microsoft sales reps recommend technet plus subscriptions to startups for just that very purpose several times.