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		robocat on May 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine In IE BizSpark is really great for a lean startup (we did use it), but it also incurs significant time costs: - the website was a nightmare to use (maybe it has improved) - it was impossible to work out what you could and couldn't do - I suggest just use it and ignore details. - you incur a time debt three years later sorting out OS/Office installs. If you are funded, MSDN and proper licenses might make more sense.

nirvdrum on May 9, 2012 [–]

The admin interface sucks. Downloading software and getting your keys couldn't be much easier though. I haven't had to deal with the accounting end of it yet, so I can't speak to that.

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