Having a look around at WebsiteSpark from Microsoft – the deal is good (especially if you were looking to go down this path already). But I’m one of those people that likes to ‘wait for the next version’ if I’m in no rush to sign up. One question that’s been bugging me is whether or not the program includes upgrades to Visual Studio and/or they will change the starting pack at some point?
Currently, If you sign up now, you get 3 copies of Visual Studio 2008.
If you’re umming and ahhing about the scheme, is it worth waiting and hoping that they adapt their program so that it comes with VS2010? Or maybe that they’ll offer free updates to those already in the scheme?
(This question may be a little subjective I guess and it probably applies to the BizSpark side of things as well. Have there been any hints set in other Microsoft programs that might indicate the outcome? ).
See Scott’s answer here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/09/24/announcing-the-websitespark-program.aspx