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> Not for a pre-seed startup. In that common situation, software licensing costs can be by far the biggest cost you have. In that situation, it's almost free-o
by powertower 15y ago
> Not for a pre-seed startup. In that common situation, software licensing costs can be by far the biggest cost you have.
In that situation, it's almost free-of-charge from Microsoft with their BizSpark (and similar) programs.
- azakai 15y agoAnd as already mentioned by others, the problem is that the procedure for getting software through that (and other confusing programs) is convoluted. For a startup, messing with that is a distraction when there are equal-quality tools available by simple download.
- powertower 15y agoIf you have personal experience with this please share it. The other people in this thread basically said it was great except for one individual who had a problem with a host that would not allow user serials. > when there are equal-quality tools available by simple download I suppose the keyword is when or if. I which case that becomes true.
- azakai 15y ago> If you have personal experience with this please share it. The other people in this thread basically said it was great except for one individual who had a problem with a host that would not allow user serials. Are we reading the same thread? Pretty much everyone agrees that MS licensing is convoluted and bothersome. >> when there are equal-quality tools available by simple download > I suppose the keyword is when or if. I which case that becomes true. Good software can be proprietary or open source. These days, neither is better than the other overall. You need to make a specific choice in each case.