While MS does a lot of things wrong, this isn't one of them. The $1000 fee is for a business to use Microsoft's ".Net My Services", their web services, not for doing .NET development.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OT] Microsoft Sets Tolls for .Net Developers > > > Why am I not surprised? > > The funny thing is that even in this down economy and with > all the free > (better?) alternatives that are out there, people will > actually still pay > for this stuff! > > We should put a paypal link on the Jakarta homepage and > donate the money to > AIDS research or some other worthy cause. > > -jon > > ------ Forwarded Message > > Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/24/010249 > Posted by: michael, on 2001-10-24 11:40:44 > Topic: ms, 153 comments > > from the firstborn-son-comes-later dept. > matsh writes: "Today Microsoft [1]revealed the cost of > signing up as a > developer to .Net. Entry level is $1,000. Standard level $10,000. > Custom support will cost even more." > > References > > 1. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7629784.html > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>This electronic mail transmission may contain confidential information and is intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender via e-mail. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
