DreamSpark Launches - Free software for all students :-)
Filed Under (Microsoft) by harjeetkumar on 19-02-2008
Free software from Microsoft?! What! Yeah, it’s true… Microsoft is giving away full versions of its software to verified students for free! I so wish I was still a student. This is excellent news and the Academic team had been working very hard to get this working! Trust me it wasn’t easy! Here are more details on this:
Today, Microsoft announced an unprecedented software program that we believe will help change the lives of millions of students around the world. The program, Microsoft DreamSpark, is focused on providing millions of college and high school students with no-cost access to the latest Microsoft developer (i.e., versions of Visual Studio, XNA Game Studio), designer tools (Expression Studio) and Microsoft platform resources (i.e., versions of Windows Server and SQL Server).
Microsoft believes in the power of technology to transform education, and Microsoft DreamSpark is another avenue to help the next generation of young leaders seize the opportunity to harness the transformative ability of software. It’s our hope that Microsoft DreamSpark will help students tap into their creative potential and set them on the path to academic and career success.
Currently, the program is accessible by college students in 11 countries including: Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the coming months, the Microsoft DreamSpark team will expand the program’s reach to include high school students and to increase the number of participating countries.
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