Students Get Microsoft Software For Free!

Ok, this will hopefully go down as one of those announcements as, “Man, it is about time someone did this!”.  Tonight, over on Channel 8 Bill Gates is announcing Microsoft DreamSpark.

With DreamSpark on Channel 8 students can download Visual Studio , Expression and Windows Server. These aren’t limited editions or time bombed copies either, its the full meal deal.

Today, DreamSpark we are going live in 10 countries, including Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.  More countries to come online soon.

Hats off to Joe Wilson, Bruce Curling and many others on the Academic Team at Microsoft for driving this forward. Lots of blood, sweat and tears in a project like this.

It is a great week for students everywhere. 

Postscript: Follow along on TechMeme for more coverage.