Unfortunately Bizspark is only available though accelerators, incubators, and VCs now.
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by manigandham on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:49PM
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Bizspark doesn't exist anymore, it's a single program called Microsoft for Startups now, and it does allow you to apply directly: https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/faq/
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by morpheuskafka on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:16PM
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But it's only for those developing an "innovative, technical solution unique in the market with a B2B focus that will benefit from access to enterprise customers," according to that link. IIRC the old BizSpark didn't have as strict of a B2B focus.
Only if they try to open source visual studio (not the code) which is choking themselves by putting a barrier to entry for their own platform with not so cheap pricing model.
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by manigandham on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:48PM
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The old Bizspark (and Bizspark Plus) programs have changed into a single Startups program which is more selective. Still great value if you can get it.
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by conanthe on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:04PM
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They can browse your private projects though so nobody in the right mind would use them to run cutting edge business.
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by IAmLiterallyAB on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:13PM
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Github Enterprise is self hosted which eliminates that issue
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by techntoke on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:36PM
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GitLab can be self-hosted for free and provides a complete DevOps platform.
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by dsumenkovic on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:55AM
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Thanks for writing about GitLab.
If you are wondering what's the Auto DevOps - GitLab Auto DevOps eliminates the complexities of getting going with automated software delivery by automatically setting up the pipeline and necessary integrations. You can find out more info at the landing page [1] and the documentation [2].
Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH
by scarface74 on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @10:32PM
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I’m the farthest thing in the world from an open source zealot. But, I can’t think of a single company that lives or dies by its source code being a secret.
If I had all of the source code from any of the FAANG companies what would I do with it? The only one that may be valuable is Google and I could make a killing from knowing how to do SEO. But even then it would take an army of very smart developers to figure it out.
The Language Server Protocol has revolutionized IDEs in general.
And now that they own GitHub (and their projects like Atom), it seems like the entire FOSS developer workflow is likely to be from MS-derived projects. Which I'm sure they are hoping will translate into more cloud service revenue and online software subscriptions.
If you are starting a new company, BizSpark is a really attractive offering. Could run a whole business on it, and yet none of your devs need to be running windows on their machines.