[Year 12 IPM] Unit 1/2 2007+ Programming/Scripting (MSDNAA)

[Alex Hopkins]

Sorry for the late response.  Have only just seen the message:

Frank wrote:

> ....intrigued by this, but came across the following... "The MSDN Academic 
> Alliance High School Membership is currently available only to accredited 
> high schools in the United States and Canada." How did you get around 
> that?

It's quite simple.  That information is inaccurate.  There was no difficulty 
at all, it wasn't a case of 'getting around' it or having to twist someone's 
arm.  When I looked into it I did see information about the Academic 
Alliance that was USA-centric or gave the impression that it was available 
only for tertiary institutions.  My impression is that what started with a 
small range has been expanded.  I heard of the possibility of purchasing 
software through the MSDNAA either at a VITTA conference or at a Microsoft 
"Roadshow", or possibly both. At any rate, it is available to Australian 
schools, including ones like my own that aren't in the government sector.

-Alex Hopkins

>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]On
> Behalf Of Alex Hopkins
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 May 2006 9:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Unit 1/2 2007+ Programming/Scripting
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>
> Lance Gibbens wrote
>
>> ... I would go with VB if MS had the brains to sell it as
>> VB rather than having to buy the whole Studio set... which we can't
>> afford.
>
> We purchased VB through their MSDNAA arrangement (Microsoft Developers
> Network -Academic Alliance).  Information can be found at
> http://www.microsoft.com/australia/education/msdn/msdnacademicalliance/default.aspx.
> It is a low cost option and good value, IMHO. It allows me to provide the
> software for my IS students to use at home, also.
>
> Alex Hopkins
> Bayside Christian College
>
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