11 Jan
2012
11 Jan
'12
4:04 a.m.
Free of charge! ... meet the extremely lax qualifications for the
program for 3 years (..... say... a 1 man startup developing unix to
windows migration software that uh, transfers data by FTPing data from
the UNIX box to the Windows box.... ) and stay under $1m/yr revenue
for that business.... then click a few buttons.. and get yay you are
licensed forever for the software you indicated docs. essentially.
otherwise, if you don't apply to "graduate" you have to pay that $100
fee at the end of the 3 years or when you break over $1m/yr in
revenue.
it's almost like drugs, but legal.... once you've become an MS
shop.... ... though, i'm sure if you said you were developing windows
to unix migration software, too, it'd be just as welcomed. they also
sometimes accept non-'qualified' entities such as business that aren't
99% software dev / oriented, or independant developers, as well. i
know one or two individuals who fell under the independant category,
applied anyway, and got in
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
On 10/01/12 8:30 PM, Gary Sparkes wrote:
--
Gary G. Sparkes Jr.
KB3HAG
Well, after the three years they usually offer perpetual license grants to
what you're currently using. Then you don't have to upgrade anymore ;)
Free of charge?
And some people say /open source/ business models are confusing...
--T (scratching head)
On Jan 10, 2012 7:57 PM, "Toby
Thain"<toby at telegraphics.com.au> ?wrote:
On 10/01/12 6:33 PM, Gary Sparkes wrote:
Just to throw out a bone here for MSFT - if you
have spin up a small
business to develop a software product (even if it's not incorporated
yet
/
won't formally be) the requirments for the bizspark...
The first hit is free, eh?
If only the problems with Microsoft were merely /technical/.
Y'all realise they stand behind SOPA, right?
--T