Re:How Microsoft BizSpark Is Doing With Startups, and How It...
by iamelgringo on Monday May 11, 2009 @09:31PM
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I've been working on a web app for the past year, and, I am a BizSpark member. Getting in to the program was a bit of a pain because a couple of their partners never got back to me.
My Dev box is Windows 7 + Python/Django courtesy of BizSpark. I use a WAPP stack (Windows, Apache, Python, PostGres) for production. And, for office stuff, I get to use Office 2007 Ultimate which is really very shiny. The MS office suite is really nice software.
Even if you're a primary Mac user, why not get the BizSpark membership and run whatever Microsoft OS you want on Parallels, just for Microsoft Office? It costs a hundred bucks after 3 years. What do you have to lose?
My Dev box is Windows 7 + Python/Django courtesy of BizSpark. I use a WAPP stack (Windows, Apache, Python, PostGres) for production. And, for office stuff, I get to use Office 2007 Ultimate which is really very shiny. The MS office suite is really nice software.
Even if you're a primary Mac user, why not get the BizSpark membership and run whatever Microsoft OS you want on Parallels, just for Microsoft Office? It costs a hundred bucks after 3 years. What do you have to lose?