[jasonkester]

This has one major implication that makes me want to root for the deal to close:

Photoshop & Flash would be covered by an MSDN subscription.

So, instead of dishing out $1000 for CS6, we need only enroll in BizSpark (or whatever Microsoft's next version of its ISV thing is called), and pay $400 for all our OS's, all our dev tools, and all our graphics stuff in one package. Now all they need to do is buy Codesmith, Red Gate and Jetbrains so that I never need to pay full price for software again.

[twodayslate]

Thanks for telling me about BizSpark! I love you!

[rbanffy]

Tell that a couple years from now...

[kmfrk]

That and MSDNAA.

[eogas]

And Dreamspark!