DreamSpark Begins

Verbatim from https://channel8.msdn.com/

 

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How would you like a free copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008? How about the entire Microsoft Expression Studio? Not enough...... how about Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and more?

For once, something that sounds too good to be true really is this good and really is true. Starting today (or soon in some areas), students worldwide will be able to download our professional development and design tools for free ! It's called DreamSpark and it is upon us.

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How cool is that?  Seriously.

Comments

• Anonymous
  February 19, 2008
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• Anonymous
  February 19, 2008
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• Anonymous
  February 20, 2008
  Nice if you're a student.   Is there an equivalent program for non-students who are hobbyists?  This DreamSpark program seems  better than the Express editions.

• Anonymous
  February 20, 2008
  Great question!  I think the idea here is to help students and teachers in education environments to facilitate learning.  As near as I can tell we are now making a distinction between students and hobbyists.  Which makes sense.  Students are more likely to delve deeper into some of the less used areas of the product whereas hobbyists tend to not get very deep into the products.   So we still have the Express edition for hobbyists and things developed strictly for them (like XNA studio) and now we have the ability for students (I assume full-time students, but haven't dug that far into it) to get their hands on higher versions of the products to educate them on the tools they will use in the workforce. At least that is the way it looks to me on the surface.

• Anonymous
  February 22, 2008
  That makes sense.  Still one person's hobby... My hobby is writing the AI for a VC++/MFC game with a baseline over 100K SLOC.  IIRC, Express doesn't include MFC or resource editors.  You'll understand if I disagree with your distinction between students and hobbyists. Still, I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

• Anonymous
  February 22, 2008
  You have a point.  I can't help but wonder if somewhere between hobbyists and professionals there is more than just "students".  More gradients might now be such a bad idea...