Its $309.20 on the same site.
http://www.costcentral.com/proddeta...cription_Professional_2010/JSF00001/11085314/
http://www.costcentral.com/proddeta...cription_Professional_2010/JSF00001/11085314/
Anyone have the DVD version of this? Exactly what does Microsoft do? Send DVDs for everything they have?
they do for msdn.
Anyone care to educate me on my possible discounts or advantages.... I currently subscribe to the online only version of TechNet Professional and I just got my renewal notice in the mail to renew for $249.00 - I consider that a great deal as the subscription totally allows me to download any and every product I wish for personal use, also the added ability to have the tech support should I need it, reading this thread though I wonder if there is any options that I might not be aware of to renew my subscription at a lesser cost? is there a way I can use my subscriber ID or a promo code and get a discounted rate through one of the websites mentioned instead of buying directly from Microsoft through my renewal notice in the mail?
Get use to things like this happening. Years ago they need everyone to learn their software so that they can get all the companies to buy it. If you bought a technet subscription for windows but downloaded and learned windows servers, it was worth it for them. Next time your company needed a server, you already know windows server and might get your boss to buy it.
They have saturated their market and are loosing some of it to linux and apple. They no longer need you as much. At this point giving you 10 licenses means they are likely to loose revenue if you share with friends so it is worth it for them to limit the # of licenses.
Don't be surprised to see the number go down to 1 in the next few years.
The cheapest renewal you will probably find on Technet Professional is at Provantage, $214 plus shipping:
http://www.provantage.com/microsoft-jsf-00002~7MSTE00U.htm
It seems a lot of the trolls don't comprehend the fact that people PAY money for this. Something that costs Microsoft nothing to manufacture, and no middle men taking half the profit. The only person stealing is Microsoft.
Microsoft is just screwing their customers anymore. Now apparently there are only two versions of Windows 8. Maybe I'll just stick with Windows 7.
yeah bro, man hours and development costs are free.
Dev costs are fixed, once they make it anything they take in from that point on is near pure profit. I'm not saying I agree with people abusing the system, but get real, people are at least giving them some cash rather than ripping it off outright.
dude, it's against the EULA. You don't get to be the one to say that I can pay $1 for one newspaper or take them all out of the machine.
Dev costs are fixed, once they make it anything they take in from that point on is near pure profit.
One difference is that you "take" a newspaper by stealing it, whereas you "copy" software.
I like the analogy better if you said you pay $1 for a newspaper and make photocopies it by using your own resources but taking the ideas that went into writing it.
If you don't like the rules, vote with your wallet and go buy something else.
I'm sure you think you should be allowed to get on planes for free -- since the plane is taking off anyway, there's no cost to carrying you, right?
Just because the business is mostly fixed cost doesn't mean you should get the product for free. If everyone said that, then there would be no product. Somebody has to pay.
If you don't like the rules, vote with your wallet and go buy something else.