This is one of those rumors about Microsoft software that seems to persist. The MSDNAA license NEVER has limited users from continuing to use the full copy software such as Windows, Visual Studio, etc. or to update it after the person has left school. They sometimes have beta software that might expire but the full copy software like Win 7, Visual Studio 2008, etc., does not and you can continue to receive updates.
I am currently running Windows Vista and regularly get updates and I graduated April 2008. If you think about it, imagine the hassle and what would be required for Microsoft to somehow know when users are no longer students. Frankly, they aren't that organized! If you read your download page again carefully, you'll probably find it said that you could no longer download software from MSDNAA once you are no longer taking classes, ie., you can't continue to get the student benefit of new software once you are no longer a student. But any software you have downloaded to that point is yours to keep, use and update. Go to Microsoft's MSDNAA site to read up on their license agreement. You'll find that the only difference/limitation from retail software is that if you plan to develop software with Visual Studio to sell for profit for instance, you must purchase a retail license. But you are free to use Windows, Visual Studio, etc., to your heart's content and receive updates even after you graduate. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Carroll Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:02 PM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] Win7 loadfeat David D. I swear that isn't what I remember reading when I went through this just a week or so ago..... The next one of us to download it and install it should re-read the agreement to be sure... James On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Andrew McNabb <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:49:18PM -0700, Chris Wilson wrote: > > You may use the software for non-commercial purposes including instructional > use, research and/or design, and development and testing of projects for > class assignments, tests, or personal projects. You may not use MSDNAA > software for any for-profit software development. I'll try to resist pointing out the obvious pun about for-prophet software development at BYU. -- 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 -- "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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