[Python-Dev] MSDN licenses available for python-dev (original) (raw)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Mon Apr 19 17:31:52 CEST 2010

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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