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Re:64 Core Threadripper 3990X CPU Review by jsjohnst on Thursday February 13, 2020 @08:04AM (#22317382)
Sign up for a Microsoft small business account. Via that, you get a MSDN (or whatever they call it these days) subscription. Then you can download any version of the OS and get a license key from the same webpage to activate it.
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Re:64 Core Threadripper 3990X CPU Review by vetinari on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:29AM (#22318967)
While you can download it from MSDN, and it will activate, check your licenses. In most cases, these licenses are intended for development and it is forbidden to use them in production.
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Re:64 Core Threadripper 3990X CPU Review by CamperBob2 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @03:21PM (#22321079)
In the past, you weren't allowed to use MSDN distributions for everyday business purposes. Is that no longer the case?
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Re:64 Core Threadripper 3990X CPU Review by sixothree on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:41AM (#22318555)
Any chance you have a link to this offering? Not seeing MSDN being listed as included with anything buyable.
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Re:64 Core Threadripper 3990X CPU Review by jsjohnst on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:02AM (#22326128)
Apologies, it seems the program was discontinued in 2018. Lookup details on Microsoft’s BizSpark program for more info.

This program replaced it, but I have zero info besides knowing it replaced BizSpark so might not be comparable:

https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/

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Re:64 Core Threadripper 3990X CPU Review by jaywalk on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:36AM (#22319046)
Not sure if this is what the poster above was referencing, but here's an offering: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing-details/
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