bizspark

I finally got my site www.sym3d.ca done, and applied to the BizSpark program offered by Microsoft at www.Bizspark.com It's a handy program that gives you cheap access to Microsoft software, and contact with venture capital and business partners.

To apply, you need a business site, and a non-free email account. Most hosting services give you some email addresses associated with the site for free, and google apps gives you a free version restricted to 50 users. I used the hosting service discountasp.net which offered a year of hosting for $90.