With MSDN you don't get all that licensing. Also, you only get developer rights to everything (except office), and it looks like the stuff in this deal is full blown - use it any way you want. I'm guessing here about that, but there is nothing below about 'only for development and testing purposes'. Beside, the deal gives you 5 MSDN Universals, ebay only gets you one.

Alan

>What is the benefit to this as compared to the MSDN on eBay for 600 after M$ rebate for DVD version?
>
>__Stephen
>
>>What do you suppose "natively supports" means? In return for everything you get with this program, which is a lot, it seems like you'd need to produce something more than just a simple application that runs on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, for example.
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>>>In case you haven't heard, MS has a new Empower program.
>>>
>>>If you pay MS $750 US, and commit to develop one software package that natively supports one of the following technologies (and release it within twelve months of signing up for the program):
>>>
>>>-Microsoft Windows Server 2003
>>>-Microsoft Windows XP
>>>-Microsoft Windows 2000
>>>-Microsoft SQL Server 2000
>>>-Microsoft Mobility platform (Microsoft Windows for Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows for Smartphone)
>>>
>>>Up to five (5) software licenses (for internal use):
>>> -Microsoft Windows® XP or 2000 Professional
>>> -Microsoft Office XP (Premium or Developer Edition)
>>>
>>>One (1) software license and up to five (5) Client Access Licenses (CALs) for:
>>> -Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Standard or Advanced Edition) or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
>>> -Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
>>> -Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
>>> -Microsoft SharePoint™ Portal Server
>>>
>>>Five (5) MSDN® Universal Subscriptions (Development & Testing license)*
>>>One (1) MSDN Universal Media kit (DVD)
>>>
>>>For details, check out:
>>>
>>>http://members.microsoft.com/partner/isv/empower/default.aspx
>>>
>>>Regards,