On Apr 19, 2010, at 08:14 AM, Brian Curtin wrote: >On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 06:48, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: > >> Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> > Le Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:01:54 -0500, Brian Curtin a écrit : >> >> The recent threads on builds/installers for Mac and Windows reminded me >> >> of Steve Holden's push to get the python-dev team equipped via a >> >> connection with the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center. The OSTC >> >> team provides Microsoft Developer Network licenses to open source >> >> projects to assist them in better supporting Windows. >> >> >> >> I've talked with Steve (who passed the task to me) and the Microsoft >> >> folks, and they are happy to provide more licenses if needed. If you are >> >> interested in getting a copy of MSDN, please contact me off-list. >> > >> > Does it include a license for Windows itself? >> > Does it allow me to install and run it in a VM? >> > If so, I'm interested. >> > >> Yes to both. MSDN offers a very broad license, with activation keys for >> many products generated on demand. >> > >The left panel on >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc137115.aspx has the full >list of currently available products if anyone wants to know what's all >involved here.
This is really awesome. I have an OEM license for Windows 7 but because I dual boot that on my primary Ubuntu development machine, I rarely use it. Being able to run Windows in a VM will mean I'll actually do it regularly. -Barry
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