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All:
I'm a very small, part-time consultant, and I've considered signing up
as a "registered" partner with Microsoft and investing in the Action
Pack subscription that provides NFR copies of the OS and other tools
for internal testing/review etc.
I was about to sign up until I read one part of the license agreement
that, to be honest, scared me. In essence, it says that you have to
agree to let Microsoft, on 48 hours notice, audit your history and
usage of licenses and that you preemptively agree to change whatever
auditing practices you use if they don't like them.
So here's where I don't understand/get nervous. I don't understand what
Microsoft would come in and be "auditing." I don't plan to start
pirating software, I just want the tools to be able to continue testing
and "self-training" myself to continue the consulting side-business I
do have. But I don't know what the trigger is that would cause
Microsoft's black helicopters to swoop down on me. This isn't my
primary job - I have a regular full-time job as a developer, but I'd
like at some point to branch out more aggressively.
Am I being too paranoid? The $299 "Action Pack" subscription sounds
like an ideal way for me to be able to set up my own test environments,
as I surely don't have the $$$ to buy the full products, and I don't
mind reselling MS stuff as part of the process.
I'd appreciate feedback. I'm a believer in "if it sounds too good to be
true, it probably is," but if anyone has experience in this area I'd be
appreciative.
-David
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I'm a very small, part-time consultant, and I've considered signing up
as a "registered" partner with Microsoft and investing in the Action
Pack subscription that provides NFR copies of the OS and other tools
for internal testing/review etc.
I was about to sign up until I read one part of the license agreement
that, to be honest, scared me. In essence, it says that you have to
agree to let Microsoft, on 48 hours notice, audit your history and
usage of licenses and that you preemptively agree to change whatever
auditing practices you use if they don't like them.
So here's where I don't understand/get nervous. I don't understand what
Microsoft would come in and be "auditing." I don't plan to start
pirating software, I just want the tools to be able to continue testing
and "self-training" myself to continue the consulting side-business I
do have. But I don't know what the trigger is that would cause
Microsoft's black helicopters to swoop down on me. This isn't my
primary job - I have a regular full-time job as a developer, but I'd
like at some point to branch out more aggressively.
Am I being too paranoid? The $299 "Action Pack" subscription sounds
like an ideal way for me to be able to set up my own test environments,
as I surely don't have the $$$ to buy the full products, and I don't
mind reselling MS stuff as part of the process.
I'd appreciate feedback. I'm a believer in "if it sounds too good to be
true, it probably is," but if anyone has experience in this area I'd be
appreciative.
-David
Please reply to group - email used in this message is old and
long-since dead.