Hmm..., here is the thing, Microsoft is giving it away for free but my problem is that they are just not giving it to me. Even if I did torrent the file, like all software products these days, it needs to be activated. Practically anyone from Microsoft could probably send me some kind of online coupon that grants me a free license. The whole thing is free to freelance developers and programmers who work at small companies, and I suppose I could call myself a developer, albeit a very crappy one; but I would need to go out and get to know Microsoft people who would then put me on the “list” and all that socializing, as you all would understand, is unpleasant; not to mention that I would undoubtedly come across as a fraudulent techie because of how ignorant I am. A good con knows when not to pull one ya?
So here is hoping that someone here figures a way to smooch this smoothie from Microsoft and that they share their lawfully gotten gains with me. It is after all for the betterment of the world and really in Microsoft’s interest that more people like me become conversant in their programming offerings. Who else would make the Windows environment such a rich and fertile place?
19 Apr 2010, 9:41 am
