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February 19, 2008 | Comments: (0)
Microsoft unveils giveaway program for students
Looking to entice a new generation of software developers, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled Monday a software giveaway program for college and high school students to access Microsoft developer and designer tools, the company said.
Available now to 35 million college students in several companies including China and the United States, the Microsoft DreamSpark program makes available a broad range of tools, the company said.
Tools included in the program include the Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 Professional Editions, XNA Game Studio 2.0, Microsoft Expression Studio tools and SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition. Also available through the program is Windows Server Standard Edition.
Global coverage and an expansion of the program to high school students could enable the program to reach as many as 1 billion students worldwide throughout the next year. The program will be expanded to additional countries as well, including Australia and Japan.
“Microsoft DreamSpark provides professional-level tools that we hope will inspire students to explore the power of software and encourage them to forge the next wave of software-driven breakthroughs," Gates said in a statement released by the company.
Posted by Paul Krill on February 19, 2008 10:58 AM
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