Microsoft makes available it's Action Pack subscription for around $400.00/year which includes NFR licenses for the server O/S's and 5 user client licenses for desktop applications and O/S's. It is a good deal for qualified partners. You *can* use the software in the normal course of running your business as long as your subscription is current. A recent subscription included Windows Server 2003 RC1, so some pre-release stuff is included. http://members.microsoft.com/partner/

As a combo desktop developer and network analyst, the Action Pack, plus TechNet, keeps me happy. Based on what I'm hearing regarding the VFP 8.0 licensing, I will take a serious look at the MSDN again..although I find that my non-FoxPro development involves things other than Visual Studio .NET.


>>Don't forget, the MSDN OS licenses are for development and testing only. If you have a test machine multi booted to test your application on every OS (or a bunch of machines in a LAN) then you can use the MSDN licenses. For the machine you send email on or play games on you've got to have a regular commercial license. You are allowed to use one copy of Office for general business use, however, so you're covered there for your personal machine.
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