This is why we can't have nice things: Microsoft is killing off TechNet subscriptions

[vshah]

thankful that i get msdn through work

 

[BladeVenom]

Linux keeps looking more and more appealing.

 

[lxskllr]

Linux keeps looking more and more appealing.

Developer accounts are free, and they last forever ;^)

 

[SunnyD]

thankful that i get msdn through work

Ditto, but there's a fine line between abusing your employer's resources and abusing something you pay for yourself.

*Note, I have other avenues where I legally procure my Microsoft products for my own use. I do not currently own a TechNet account.

 

[vshah]

Ditto, but there's a fine line between abusing your employer's resources and abusing something you pay for yourself.

*Note, I have other avenues where I legally procure my Microsoft products for my own use. I do not currently own a TechNet account.

at my last job I was forced to use a personal technet subscription for work evaluations bc we didn't have MSDN, that's all I meant.

 

[Nintendesert]

Wow. MS really is on a roll lately with absolute fails.

 

[cronos]

Wow. MS really is on a roll lately with absolute fails.

If the intarweb is loud enough maybe they'll rethink and cancel this one, too

 

[Red Squirrel]

Boo that sucks. I don't have a technet sub but I was planing on getting one once I upgrade my main server so I can setup a lab. I work in a NOC and not really exposed to server stuff anymore so I need to keep myself up to date with the MS stuff. Love or hate MS, it's sadly what the standard is in most IT shops so good to know it. I'm even less exposed to it now that I run Linux at home.

What I don't get is legally you can't use that stuff in production, so it's not like this has anything to do with money. If you don't want to be legal, then you can just go on the pirate bay anyway so they arn't really stopping anything from happening.

 

[Red Squirrel]

If the intarweb is loud enough maybe they'll rethink and cancel this one, too

And they'll say it was not because of internet complainers, but because of IBM, or something to that extent.

 

[rockyct]

I can understand them doing this for two reasons, 1) it was massively abused, and 2) they probably want to move to more of the subscription model for software licenses. It's still sad to see it go, and I hope they will come out with some sort of replacement less likely to be gang raped.

 

[Meractik]

You'll get your year, but after that it's over.

thanks for the clarification... that makes me much happier. sad to see it go though exclusive access to everything they've got to offer for a mere $250/yr was AWESOME! now ill just seek out free alternatives with linux

 

[Chapbass]

When I let my personal subscription expire to move to my employer's all existing servers continued to run but I could no longer activate any new systems. This was about 10 months ago.

My experience is the opposite. Any key I already have I can still activate machines on it, but I can't get any more keys or download software.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I can understand them doing this for two reasons, 1) it was massively abused, and 2) they probably want to move to more of the subscription model for software licenses. It's still sad to see it go, and I hope they will come out with some sort of replacement less likely to be gang raped.

Once the technet leeches are eradicated microsofts EPS should triple next year and the stock will be trading up in the 90s. wallstreet/shareholders will hail Ballmer as the new hero for helping unlock so much value for shareholders.

 

[xSauronx]

pretty much had planned on getting a technet sub after i graduated so i could set up a home lab. where i work now has MSDN access so i dont *have* to have technet, but i dont want to work here forever. meh.

 

[pcgeek11]

The keys expire when your subscription expires.

Right now I'm on my employer's subscription so I may have to get my own on September 30 so at least I'll have it until Sept 30, 2014.

No. The keys do not expire. The rights to use expire. I got an email explaining this today.

 

[ultimatebob]

If the intarweb is loud enough maybe they'll rethink and cancel this one, too

Yeah... Maybe they'll bring back a lame half-assed version of TechNet, like they brought back a halfassed version of the Start Button in Windows

I can see it now... All of the applications will have always-on phone home DRM, and the TechNet account will be restricted to a single geographic area. You try to log on remotely with a TechNet2 eval copy while you're on vacation or at a client meeting? License Deactivated, you dirty pirate!

 

[KillerBee]

wow MS - Metro interface wasn't enough to piss off your main supporters - the Admins - but now take away their testing environment.

 

[KillerBee]

Developer accounts are free, and they last forever ;^)

lol- I think MS may have a mole in high places guiding them