Microsoft DreamSpark
04.14.08 - 05:22pm
I came across this link earlier today and thought it would be very useful for my target audience. Microsoft is essentially extending what is their older Microsoft Development Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) to all college students across the globe. Unlike MSDNAA though, DreamSpark is limited to software development tools whereas MSDNAA gave you access to a variety of operating systems and development tools. Even with these limitations though DreamSpark is a fantastic foot forward for Microsoft in both publicity and attracting the brightest minds in the industry.
My personal experience with MSDNAA has been very positive as nearly all the operating systems I use for benchmarking and reviewing are legitimately registered via my MSDNAA account. I imagine DreamSpark will be nearly identical with specific limitations to prevent users from using these academic licenses in commercial applications. Those of you wanting to ease into Microsoft Windows specific coding then DreamSpark may just give you the foot in the proverbial door. Sign up Dreamers, nothing is better than Microsoft giving away software!
Wow this is a great concept, I’m so surprised that Microsoft is going through with this.
well they definitely need to collect some it knowledge to build newer and better os infrastructure than they done with vIIIvsta