When BizSparks first came out, Microsoft was pumping it as a great way for startups to get free software to use.
I went over to the site and found what seemed like an endless stream of forms and questionnaires. It was completely kafkaesque. I gave up.
A year or two later they fixed it up, but Microsoft seems to default to creating complex, byzantine, and head-scratching layers of gunk between the people they're trying to help and the help they're providing. From what I can see it's not just SQL Server downloads. It's a corporate culture thing.
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When BizSparks first came out, Microsoft was pumping it as a great way for startups to get free software to use.
I went over to the site and found what seemed like an endless stream of forms and questionnaires. It was completely kafkaesque. I gave up.
A year or two later they fixed it up, but Microsoft seems to default to creating complex, byzantine, and head-scratching layers of gunk between the people they're trying to help and the help they're providing. From what I can see it's not just SQL Server downloads. It's a corporate culture thing.