Well - it's April, 2nd Quarter, and MicroSoft Pulled A Good One this time:
http://members.microsoft.com/partner/isv/empower/default.aspx

Join in for 375 and get a MSDN Universal Subscription plus a lot of other
stuff - about 25,000 USD value.
the caveat ? MSDN Universal Subscriptions for ISV Empower members do not
include any phone-based incident support. Plus you have to have a commercial application available after 6 months of joining ,to be highlighted on the ISV Partner Program [not a bad deal actually]

If you can live with no MS Phone Incident Support - I would highly recommend
you jump in.

But ? Click the link - and read a bit - I sense it would be perfect for many who have been waiting to take the plunge into the wide wide world of MSDN Universal Subscription [Hint - we can take up a collection for Terry Thurber, bless his olde tired soul [vbg]]

mondo regards [Bill]
[ps - my apologies if this is olde news to some]