Microsoft Gives Software to Nurture Future Coders
The DreamSpark program will provide programming tools to high school and college students worldwide.
Microsoft is giving away development and design software to university and high school students around the world through a program aimed at fostering technology innovation worldwide.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to unveil the DreamSpark program Tuesday at Stanford University on the first stop of a U.S. and Canadian college tour. The program is now available to more than 35 million college students in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.
Software available to students through DreamSpark includes Microsoft’s development environment, Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, and its Web and graphic design toolset, the Expression Studio. Microsoft also is making available XNA Game Studio 2.0, SQL Server Developer Edition, Windows Server Standard Edition and other software and resources through the program.
Full Story Via The Washington Post
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