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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: I installed openSUSE Leap
Date: 26 Oct 2024 07:28:49 GMT
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On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:07:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Years ago, Microsoft used to offer something called “TechNet”, where
> developers/professions could get access to a whole bunch of Microsoft
> software for development/testing/evaluation purposes, at very low cost.

A MSDN subscription wasn't exactly what I would call low cost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network

"MSDN had historically offered a subscription package whereby developers 
had access and licenses to use nearly all Microsoft software that had ever 
been released to the public. Subscriptions were sold on an annual basis, 
and cost anywhere from US$1,000 to US$6,000 per year per subscription, as 
it was offered in several tiers."

Adding to the subscription costs the forums, chat groups, or whatever you 
want to call the pre-web groups were on CompuServe, another procey 
service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe