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topbanana
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An analysis of the C#/.NET platform
This article makes no mention of Bizspark, free licenses for startups.
http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
300bps
on Nov 2, 2013
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BizSpark is great for technology startups - free software and $150 per month worth of Azure hosting for 3 years. That's enough to get a medium-sized VM or a ton of SQL Server databases or a whole host of other hosting resources.
pauloortins
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BizSpark is awesome but not all companies are startups, for those with more than 3 years, the cost is still a problem.
_random_
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Maybe they can start generating some profit / attract investors?
pauloortins
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And spending money that could be used to attract more developers or be invested in another way that not buying licenses.
300bps
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Pretty much any software that you buy is going to be a rounding error in comparison to hiring a developer.
Do you skimp on hardware too?
_random_
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I hate the fact but C# might actually be cheaper to hire than e.g. Java devs. Enough to pay for SQL :(.
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