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From: Steven H (smorf_at_REMOVEbigfoot.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:39:57 +1300

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:19:46 -0500, Scott M. wrote:

>> megabucks worth of software all FREE - how?
>>
>> quite simple, my educational establishment has a clue and has aquired
>> access to MSDNAA - a licence which grants students and facaulaty members
>> free access to software.
>
> From MS:
>
> The MSDN Academic Alliance program is designed specifically for academic
> labs, faculty, and students in the curriculum areas of Computer Science,
> Engineering, and Information Systems to make it easier and less expensive to
> get Microsoft developer tools, platforms, and servers for instructional and
> research purposes.
> Membership Details:
> a.. $799 (USD) annual membership fee per department
> b.. Membership runs from January 1 - December 31 or July 1-June 30
> (depending on your registration date)
> c.. Includes the latest releases of the MSDNAA software.
> d.. Register at
> https://registermsdn.one.microsoft.com/msdnaa/aa/newstep1.aspx
> Free downloads are for students but the program is not free for the
> institution. It is a good price, but certainly not free.

the institution funds MSDNAA in return students and facaulty members can
recieve software for free - it is up to the institution to ensure that the
distribution medium is audited.

i get my MSDNAA software via CD - sitting on the end of a 128kb pipe (thats
what our monopolistic telecom call broadband) i sure as hell wont be
downloading the stuff. 

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