Barry Warsaw wrote: > 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. > Well, the whole point from both sides is to ensure better support for Python on Microsoft platforms. So go to it!
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