[Python-Dev] MSDN licenses available for python-dev

[Steve Holden]

Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Apr 19, 2010, at 08:14 AM, Brian Curtin wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 06:48, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>>> Le Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:01:54 -0500, Brian Curtin a écrit :
>>>>> The recent threads on builds/installers for Mac and Windows reminded me
>>>>> of Steve Holden's push to get the python-dev team equipped via a
>>>>> connection with the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center. The OSTC
>>>>> team provides Microsoft Developer Network licenses to open source
>>>>> projects to assist them in better supporting Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've talked with Steve (who passed the task to me) and the Microsoft
>>>>> folks, and they are happy to provide more licenses if needed. If you are
>>>>> interested in getting a copy of MSDN, please contact me off-list.
>>>> Does it include a license for Windows itself?
>>>> Does it allow me to install and run it in a VM?
>>>> If so, I'm interested.
>>>>
>>> Yes to both. MSDN offers a very broad license, with activation keys for
>>> many products generated on demand.
>>>
>> The left panel on
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc137115.aspx has the full
>> list of currently available products if anyone wants to know what's all
>> involved here.
> 
> This is really awesome.  I have an OEM license for Windows 7 but because I
> dual boot that on my primary Ubuntu development machine, I rarely use it.
> Being able to run Windows in a VM will mean I'll actually do it regularly.
> 
Well, the whole point from both sides is to ensure better support for
Python on Microsoft platforms. So go to it!

regards
 Steve
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