Microsoft BizSpark offered free for startups

Microsoft has released new software called BizSpark, which has been launched to help encourage startups. To do this Microsoft are offering the new software for free. BizSpark all the necessary startups tools needed to build a web service.

Most of the software, which offers an open source alternative such as MySQL is being offered free to startups for three years. As you would expect with an offer like this there is some fine print, the startups have to be referred in via a network of consultants, venture capitalists and other professionals who are in a position to help promising companies.

To qualify, Microsoft asks that the startup has had to be in business for less than free years, and have revenue of less than $1 million. For more details on this offer visit Tech Crunch.

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