You basically have till end of January and then Microsoft will start charging...
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2009/10/29/windows-azure-platform-launch-update.aspx Steve 2009/11/2 Philip Richardson <phi...@philiprichardson.org> > Hi there, > > It's hard to discuss pricing beyond what we've currently announced - as I > hope you'll understand. Our marketing site has the latest: > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/pricing/. > > However it's worth realizing that when tinkering with these types of scale > out cloud technologies you won't need a) huge scale and b) to run the > service 24/7. For example the cost to run a couple Windows Azure instance > for a handful of hours might come to only a few dollars. > > We definitely recognize that developer adoption is an important factor in > our pricing. Hopefully we'll see more announced soon.... > > Phil > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Steven Nagy <steven.n...@readify.net>wrote: > >> Hey Philip, >> >> Glad to see some MSFTies on this list. >> >> I have a general question that I am sure is asked a lot. >> >> How will I, as someone who doesn't own a MSDN subscription of my own, be >> able to "play" with all the Azure bits come Feb of next year for free? I do >> this in my free time and don't have any commercial projects running on >> Azure, I just like to tinker and learn and so on (as I do with other >> technologies). >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> *Steven Nagy >> *Readify | Senior Developer >> >> M: +61 404 044 513 | E: steven.n...@readify.net | B: azure.snagy.name >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* ozazure-boun...@lists.codify.com [ >> ozazure-boun...@lists.codify.com] On Behalf Of Philip Richardson [ >> phi...@philiprichardson.org] >> *Sent:* Monday, 2 November 2009 2:51 AM >> *To:* ozAzure >> *Subject:* Re: .NET Services November 2009 CTP Breaking Changes >> Announcement >> >> A very cool release coming! >> >> Once it's live feel free to post with questions or to hit the forums. >> >> Philip Richardson >> phi...@philiprichardson.org >> phili...@microsoft.com (.NET Services Team) >> >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Stephen Liedig <slie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> just thought I would share this in case you haven't seen it. Lots of >>> interesting changes coming up... >>> >>> >>> http://blogs.msdn.com/netservicesannounce/archive/2009/10/30/the-net-services-november-2009-ctp-breaking-changes-announcement-and-scheduled-maintenance.aspx >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ozazure mailing list >>> ozazure@lists.codify.com >>> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ozazure mailing list >> ozazure@lists.codify.com >> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ozazure mailing list > ozazure@lists.codify.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozazure > >
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