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    copied!<p>While there are a handful of great programs for ISV Startups (BizSpark, Emplower ISV, etc), the only option avaiable for non-startups seems to be Visual Studio w/ MSDN. It's not <em>that</em> expensive (I was quoted $10,080/yr for 8 developers), but I'm fairly sure that we'd be just as fine without it.</p> <p>We need pretty standard dev workstations (Windows, Office, VS2008), a small handful of actual servers (app, file, domain, etc), and a whole bunch of "disposable" testing servers (used to test installation/usage of the software product).</p> <p>Here's the plan:</p> <ul> <li>Action Pack ($300/yr, includes 10x Windows/Office licenses and 1x server licenses, <a href="https://partner.microsoft.com/US/program/managemembership/actionpack/mapscontents" rel="nofollow noreferrer">etc</a>)</li> <li>8x Visual Studio 2008 Standard Upgrade, Retail (in the $150/ea range, <a href="http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/t/12712.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">no need to buy full version</a>)</li> <li>6x Server 2008 licenses, Retail (in the $500/ea range on eBay)</li> <li>Evaluation editions of Server (<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738372.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VHD</a> or normal)</li> <li>Free Hyper-V Server to run evals</li> </ul> <p>If my math serves me right, that's a cost of ~$4500 for the first year, and $300 for the following years. And not only that, we get all those cool plastic boxes.</p> <p>The downside (as I see it) is that we have to recycle the "disposable" servers every 120 days (perhaps a good thing, so we can test our installations?) and we don't get every piece of software Microsoft makes (I have no idea what we'd do with it, though).</p> <p>So I'm wondering... is this a crazy idea? Am I just being a complete cheapskate? Will this actually work?</p>
 

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