Microsoft, in its newest bid to cultivate developer enthusiasm for its platforms, announced Tuesday that it would be giving away Windows 8 and Parallels Desktop 8 licenses in exchange for a $25 donation to charity. The combination is intended to help Mac Web programmers test their sites for compatibility with the most recent versions of Internet Explorer, which Microsoft has made substantially more compliant with open standards but which is still catching on among both general users and website builders. Developers evidently found the deal quite compelling, as it sold out within a few hours.
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