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Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 8 comments
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Yesterday, Microsoft announced DreamSpark – an ironic name, since it actually lays bare Microsoft's worst nightmare: that more and more of tomorrow's programmers are growing up using free software for their studies, which means that as they move out into the world, there will be less and less demand for Microsoft's tools, and even fewer programs written for its platforms. Its answer? This:..

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Comments (8)

ColonelPanik ·
When I got up this morning the first thing I saw was a flock of pigs flying over the house. Then while still on my first cup of coffee there is the news that m$ is going to let some clever youngsters look "under the hood" at the inner workings.

Well, that's just great. What I need to know is what kind of EULA there will be. You can hack but we own your soul.

Read this on the double and report back.
gus3 ·
Good point, Colonel. Someone needs to get on this stat, to warn them. They won't be allowed to work on most FOSS projects for several years. Samba won't let them near the project.
Bob_Robertson ·
I smell a rat, and an EULA trap is an excellent tool for trapping.

But then, I smell a rat in everything Microsoft does. Mostly because the main ingredient in their recipes is rat.

gus3 ·
Don't you mean "mouse"?

I prefer a trackball, anyway.
tuxtom ·
Just to be PC maybe we should just start calling it a "rodent". Mouse is so Apple anyway.
gus3 ·
In Castilian Spanish it's "raton".
Sander_Marechal ·
ColonelPanik: Great news.

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