On SDN Mario Herger just revealed that SAP will soon offer a so-called “SDN subscription program” by which -for an annual fee- developers can access the complete SAP Netweaver stack. This is SAP’s first announcement in a long time since the initial press release back in October 2006. Requests for a more extended and deeper approach to give developers access to SAP tools seem to have finally hit home.
Through this subscription program we give you access to the full NetWeaver stack – for an annual and as we believe pretty reasonable subscription fee. When we say full NetWeaver stack, we really mean full. Developer Studio, Development Infrastructure, ABAP stack, BI, XI, MDM, Portal, VC etc. are all included. Once you subscribe, you’ll not only get a box with the DVD ROMS, but also access to the Service Marketplace, the OSS, the Enterprise Services Workplace and the Virtual TechEd sessions, as well as some other goodies like premium presence in the forums.
The community now just has to wait and see what exactly is meant by “pretty reasonable subscription fee”. A Virtual SAP TechEd subscription currently costs 440 USD (excl VAT). Since the offering of the SDN subscription program is larger than the Virtual product, one could assume that the SDN subscription program might cost more than this, but that’s obviously a very vague science.
Early sign-up to the SDN subscription program can be made via this link.
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