I signed up for BizSpark after reading this blog post a while back (I know the author), and I can say, its not as bad as you people are making it sound. Sure, i

I signed up for BizSpark after reading this blog post a while back (I know the author), and I can say, its not as bad as you people are making it sound. Sure, it tries to force MS crap in your face; but if you are diligent enough you can avoid it all. For instance, I'm just using a medium Ubuntu VM, which I can deploy/clone at will in case Azure goes down.