>>>I recall at one point there was a way you could get a MSDN Universal subscrption from Microsoft for like $400 - you had to join something they had - Indepent Software Vendor or something like that?
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>>>Anyway - does that still exist? I know the subscption platforms have changed and all - but perhaps Micro$oft still offers a cheap way to get the subscriptions?
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>>Craig's pointed out Empower. There's also the Microsoft Action Pack (MAP):
https://partner.microsoft.com/40016455>>
>>You need to be at least a "registered partner" for MAP, but you can become one on-line in a few minutes, at no cost.
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>Yeah I've got the Action Pack - but it doesn't really come with a whole lot of developer goodies...
Visual Studio Standard and SQL 2008 no ? Does it have Expression Studio?
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