> -----Original Message-----
> On
> Behalf Of Marc Tompkins
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:27 PM
> To: python tutor; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Tutor] Open Source Hero my @$$!
>
> Just thought I'd share something I found quite humorous... a
> while back, I heard about Microsoft's "Open Source Hero"
> program, and being a curious type I signed up. Hey, I love
> me some Open Source, and I wanna be a hero, right?
>
> My Hero Pack arrived a few days ago. It contains:
> a 90-day trial of Visual Studio 2008
> and
> a 120-day trial of Windows Server 2008.
>
> Now don't get me wrong - I'm not ungrateful; I fully intend
> to try out Windows Server so I can see what I'll be facing
> over the next few months. But Visual Studio? Open Source?
> Am I missing the joke here?
>
> Any other Heros here? Anybody else find this as funny as I did?
I guess you can write open source software for 90 days using
Microsoft's proprietary VS 2008. At least you can then try out
IronPython or Python for .NET.
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