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This article makes no mention of Bizspark, free licenses for startups. http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

• 300bps 13y ago
  BizSpark is great for technology startups - free software and $150 per month worth of Azure hosting for 3 years. That's enough to get a medium-sized VM or a ton of SQL Server databases or a whole host of other hosting resources.
  • pauloortins 13y ago
    BizSpark is awesome but not all companies are startups, for those with more than 3 years, the cost is still a problem.
    • _random_ 13y ago
      Maybe they can start generating some profit / attract investors?
      • pauloortins 13y ago
        And spending money that could be used to attract more developers or be invested in another way that not buying licenses.
        • 300bps 13y ago
          Pretty much any software that you buy is going to be a rounding error in comparison to hiring a developer. Do you skimp on hardware too?
          • _random_ 13y ago
            I hate the fact but C# might actually be cheaper to hire than e.g. Java devs. Enough to pay for SQL :(.