I have been pretty happy with the moves Microsoft has been making over the last couple years. It started with taking the internet more serious, carried on in the developer tools, and then a bit of a movement towards the open source world. All of this has greatly improved Microsoft and its standing in the software community. Now it is Google and Apple, the “darlings” of the tech world, that seem abusive and monopolistic.
Microsoft has continued its show of good with Website Spark. Website Spark follows the idea of Dream Spark and Biz Spark that help college students and business startups (respectively). Website Spark is a way to get the latest Microsoft products and try them out for free.
