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Okay, I could get used to the whole time-limited eval thing, but the real killer here is removing the back catalog. It's going to be even harder to do comparab

Okay, I could get used to the whole time-limited eval thing, but the real killer here is removing the back catalog. It's going to be even harder to do comparability testing now.

josteink 13y ago
You still have time to download the shitload (it should only be a 2-3 digit amount of gigabytes if you only pick the stuff you actually need) and generate enough keys to get by once the service closes down. That said, I have to agree. Where else in this world can you get MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows For Workgroups 3.11 these days?
- zokier 13y ago
  > That said, I have to agree. Where else in this world can you get MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows For Workgroups 3.11 these days? I hope some enterprising fellow would archive significant portion of what is available from TechNet. It might be the last moment many of the software there is available for public.
- ethomson 13y ago
  MSDN.
velodrome 13y ago
A lot of enterprises have really old Microsoft products still in product. If they remove the back catalog, it will be really difficult to diagnose rare issues in a sandbox. It's not like you can buy a license for the software either.