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Microsoft To Shut Down TechNet Subscription Service

Posted by samzenpus on from the so-long-farewell dept.

otaku244 writes "Since 1998, Microsoft TechNet has been a mainstay for all system developers attached to the Microsoft platform, given the ease of access to almost every product the company has produced. Unfortunately, the days of a cheap, unlimited Microsoft development stack are coming to an end."

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  1. Re:This is mostly outdated service by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...a sub-par hermaphrodite laptop/tablet to go with it (Surface)...

    They knew people were going to say it could go fuck itself... so this is really a time saving feature...

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  2. Re:This is mostly outdated service by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually *several* orders of magnitude would make it at least $199,000 or $299,000.

    This is slashdot, we use base 2, not base 10.

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  3. Re:This is mostly outdated service by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    and then patiently wait for the Year of the Linux Desktop.

  4. Re:This is mostly outdated service by Grygus · · Score: 4, Funny

    We are! The key is to use words in a certain way. You just won't listen, and that is why you keep dying. It is heartbreaking, really.