Piracy not being blamed, surprisingly. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2013/07/02/microsoft-technet/1
Compare and contrast the games industry who would have cited piracy as the only reason the shut this down.
Oh well, So are they saying we can just use evaluation versions of software as much as we want? So as soon as my 180 day evaluation expires, I can simply reinstall the OS and keep on deploying our software to test and mess about with? I best keep my W7 key safe then too.
For companies you can still get Action Pack, but it doesn't come with all the other software you get in Technet, just most important stuff : https://mspartner.microsoft.com/en/uk/pages/membership/action-pack-subscriptions.aspx https://mspartner.microsoft.com/en/...pack-solution-provider-software-contents.aspx