Not surprisingly, the announcement was immediately condemned by TechNet users, and it raised numerous unanswered questions - such as what happens to the license keys currently in use. Microsoft’s recent announcement stated that TechNet users could buy or renew a one-year subscription through Aug. Those who qualify for TechNet (more on that below) get access to nearly all of Microsoft’s software (Office for the Mac being a notable exception), with a limited number of license keys for each application. That’s a nosebleed jump from TechNet’s $199.) MSDN starts at $699 for the first year add Office and Visual Studio, and it jumps to $6,119. (Medium-to-large businesses pay heavily for Microsoft Developer Network subscriptions. $349 to $199 for the first year ($149 for subsequent years), making the service even more affordable for the legions of technologists with small budgets. Microsoft had just lowered the price for the TechNet Standard package - from U.S. I wrote about TechNet subscriptions in my July 1, 2010, Woody’s Windows column, “The ultimate software deal has strings attached” (paid content). Here’s why that decision is - to put it kindly - lamentable. Last week, Microsoft announced it would end TechNet subscriptions, effective Aug. TechNet - the sad end of an MS institutionįor years technology consultants, researchers, and journalists have relied on Microsoft’s inexpensive TechNet subscription service to test and evaluate the company’s offerings.
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