Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust

Re:Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust by lmm on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:28AM (#26617992)

You have to jump through a bunch of hoops, if you even know about what's there. You have to make sure the right thing is registered in the right way, and if something's broken down in the link between your university's login setup and MS's setup then good luck getting someone to fix it as a student. It's actually a huge difference in practice from what you get with open-source (or piracy): download the thing and run it, that's it.

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Re:Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust by pmiller2 on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:59AM (#26618463)

No, not really. I remember it being dead simple when I was there.

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Re:Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust by znpy on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:44AM (#26620715)

It's a pointless argument. You had access to all the software with a regular student license, it was obviously never meant for any production workload and never meant to be covered with any kind of support.

Since piracy was/is the norm, you might as well provide a few version.

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Re:Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust by albrewer on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:16AM (#26634217)

I remember the process as 1) Submit my .edu email 2) Click link in email 3) Pay $50 4) Get keys to ALL the things.

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Re:Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust by roytries on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:17AM (#26618817)

All you need(ed) was an e-mail address that ended in @myuniversity.tld and use that in the registration at the shop.

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