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re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

schlub — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:16:03 GMT

@Martina - your spelling is a pity. You must be joking about Windows being a beast to work on. I have been using Linux since 1996 and I still consider it to be the red headed step child! Windows has it's quirks and annoyances but so does every OS. I find Linux to be the more irritating and requires the most amount of geek voodoo to get things working.

If we're talking about the MS tools then Linux has NO comparisons. MySQL is but a pale version of MS SQL, and the tools to manage MySQL are pathetic by comparison. Visual Studio? You can't beat it. Some people claim Eclipse is close, but it's really average at best.

But hey, let's not start a Windows vs Linux war ;)

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

Tat — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:46:11 GMT

Agreed, the only reason i ended up getting into .net was because of Dreamspark, this is a great idea.

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

Martina — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:55:46 GMT

I used to work on Windows all the time. Now I work on Linux some of the time, and it's more pleasurable to do so. Yes the world has indeed changed, for me, for the better.

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

Martina — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:07:16 GMT

I work on Windows every day, I've been a Windows programmer for 15 years. That's how I know what an annoying beats it is, and why it takes the pleasure out of using those tools.

Now if windows had the functionality of Linux, which I also program on, and the security, and the stability, or better still those tools could be run on Linux. My life would be complete.

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

RockPaperJorke — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:12:57 GMT

here's a chance for you to try it out - I used to work on Linux all the time - but now the world has changed.

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

Martina — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:08:22 GMT

It's such a pitty Windows is such an annoying beast to work on, as compared to Linux. It really does take the pleasure out of using these tools

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

John OBrien — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:19:59 GMT

Great move by Microsoft and it really compliments the DreamSpark program with students graduating wanting to be the next generation of innovative web apps.

It will be awesome to see what the web talent in Australia can do with these tools and most importantly, production licenses.

Key features for me will be the Smooth Streaming features in Server 2008 and the Spatial data types in SQL 2008.

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

RockPaperJorke — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:13:13 GMT

Not sure on the startup figures, but having to part with heaps of money when you're getting started is a definate issue we're trying to address - strangely enough when you sum up the hosting costs between windows and linux - they come out about the same, so we're working with hosters to get you guys a better deal.

can't wait to see the first open source app developed from australia in the new windows web application gallery :)

looking forward to your enrollment!

- jorke

re: Announcing WebSiteSpark in Australia

Jack Ukleja — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:45:44 GMT

Smart move by MS.

Not to take the spin out of anyone's sales but I don't see how MS had any choice BUT to do something like this. :)

Their hand has been pretty much forced by the success/prevalence of open source in start-ups - where a major factor in that decision being the zero cost/effort to start building stuff using open source solutions.

Yes MS technology potentially has a productivity advantage, but who wants to front up $1000s just to test the waters with an idea that may or may not be the next big thing? Nobody. I suspect the numbers would have been pretty frightening - my guess is 90%+ of start-ups would have been shunning MS.

Anyway I look forward to taking advantage of this offer myself :)

re: Tech.Ed 2009 Windows 7 Experience – Netbooks for you!

David Connors — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:19:13 GMT

Why is it that whenever someone at MS thinks "Fun" I think ... "Hmmm - a bucket load of hard work" ;)