arstechnica.com— Great news has arrived for anyone who programs with Microsoft tools and a Microsoft language: the MSDN is now free to download.
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Oh cool now I don't have to use bit torrent to get all those books about windows programming when I code those trojans in VMware/Xen to victimize my friends that use windows.
OSS? This is documentation, not software - for the most part (great documentation btw). It'll be nice to finally have this locally. It's so nice to be able to navigate the .NET section for all the documentation and its alot faster than the web.
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michelsonJul 28, 2006
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hackwrenchJul 29, 2006
Documentation of what exactly? How did that statement get modded up?
jonforthewinJul 29, 2006
Oh cool now I don't have to use bit torrent to get all those books about windows programming when I code those trojans in VMware/Xen to victimize my friends that use windows.
naio21Jul 29, 2006
OSS biotch #3 accounted for.
laplieJul 29, 2006
that is, unless you're on a site like Slashdot.org
posureJul 29, 2006
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