David H. I only meant that it is worth taking advantage of the free offer, I didn't mean to imply that we should actually attend.
Andrew M. and David D.... the licenses do not expire when we are no longer a student, but according to the web page I downloaded it from, when we are no longer a student, we supposedly no longer get updates, which (in my opinion) is almost the same thing as expiring, because I wouldn't want a non-updated copy of windows... On the other hand, if it is just for a VM, and if you plan on being a student for more than a few months, the offer is still worth it. James On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:46 PM, David B Darrough <[email protected]>wrote: > The MSDNAA program licenses do not expire. Once you have them, they are > yours to keep and use, even after graduation. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:uug-list- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew McNabb > > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:41 PM > > To: [email protected]; BYU Unix Users Group > > Subject: Re: [uug] Win7 loadfeat > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:11:22PM -0700, James Carroll wrote: > > > Actually, if I were you, I would take advantage of this offer, but > > install > > > in a virtual machine. I have found it handy to have a virtual copy of > > > windows around for those rare occasions when there is some program I > > need > > > that doesn't run well in wine. Not worth paying for, but certainly > > worth > > > installing in a VM when the copy of windows is free... :) > > > > It's nice to have a copy of Windows in a VM, but doesn't the free > > license expire? It's not worth installing a system that stops working > > when I graduate (and I'm definitely not going to _buy_ a copy of > > Windows). > > > > -- > > Andrew McNabb > > http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ > > PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 > > -------------------- > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU- > > UUG. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug- > > list > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- "And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun..." (Mark 16:2) Web: http://james.jlcarroll.net
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