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Students had multiple ways to get free Microsoft software. MS has a decent academic program, which allowed students of enrolled colleges to get access to MSDN for free. There are also a number of free to download software like the Express suite of products.

Now MS has a new offer called Microsoft DreamSpark. This allows students who are studying in registered universities/colleges to have access to Professional versions of MS software for free. The main thing here is that they get the real professional versions of software like VS 2008 and Windows 2003. The site does say it is Global, but I don’t know if there are country wise restrictions. Maybe someone who has used it can leave comments.

Any effort to get legal professional software into students hand is very good, especially from an Indian context. This allows them to enter the job market with skills and knowledge of tools that are widely used in the industry and that is good both for them and for companies that hire them.

Good Show Microsoft.