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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Can startup company get a developers version of Microstation?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/licensing_cloud_and_web_services/f/forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation</link><description>Hi all, 
 Our company is a start up.We use Microstation to test our product, does Bentley perhaps have a developers version we can use? Or a cheaper alternative to the full price for a Mac version of the software. I tried to request a service on CONNECTION</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Can startup company get a developers version of Microstation?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/489604?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 05:54:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2f661a99-5dbe-4892-9ea8-0a1f6d8a670a</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Laura,&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="1003956" url="~/products/licensing/f/licensing-and-activation-forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation/489569"]So is BDN program(commercial development) free for statup company? Or do we need to pay for full price?&amp;nbsp;[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Why you have not contacted Bentley BDN team directly? It&amp;#39;s the reason why I shared the link to contact form.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You cannot expect anybody outside Bentley (like me) will tell you what conditions will be applied in your case, even what &amp;quot;standard price&amp;quot; for a particular country is.&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="1003956" url="~/products/licensing/f/licensing-and-activation-forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation"]Our company is a start up[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;It does not tell too much. For me (based on personal experience and what I see on conference every year) a translation of &amp;quot;startup company&amp;quot; is &amp;quot;we don&amp;#39;t know how to make business, we don&amp;#39;t have any realistic business plan, but we want your money&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because it&amp;#39;s alwyas about business, I recommend to prepare better arguments for potential negotiation &amp;quot;Can be BDN free for our young company?&amp;quot;, what applications you want to develop and how it will enrich Benltey users&amp;#39; ecosystem (and of course make Bentley own business better ;-).&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="1003956" url="~/products/licensing/f/licensing-and-activation-forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation"]We use Microstation&amp;nbsp;to test our product[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether I can imagine how MicroStation can be used to test products, so this my note can be completely wrong: Are you aware Bentley announced digitl twin technology and services recently and releases iModelJs library as open source? But it&amp;#39;s not about MicroStation, it&amp;#39;s independent ecosystem where MicroStation is one from data sources.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Can startup company get a developers version of Microstation?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/489569?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 23:44:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6ebfa57d-30cd-4d2d-971c-1dcbc9dc6338</guid><dc:creator>Laura Lao</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Jan,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much for the information. So is BDN program(commercial development) free for statup company? Or do we need to pay for full price?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Laura&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Can startup company get a developers version of Microstation?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/489346?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 07:00:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:788fd093-6d73-4c61-ac46-9a56901108da</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Laura,&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="1003956" url="~/products/licensing/f/licensing-and-activation-forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation"]does Bentley perhaps have a developers version we can use?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;yes, see &lt;a href="https://www.bentley.com/software-developers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;BDN program&lt;/a&gt; for contact form. BDN is available both for commercial development and in-house development (for SELECT subscribers).&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="1003956" url="~/products/licensing/f/licensing-and-activation-forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation"]Or a cheaper alternative to the full price[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;There is MicroStation PowerDraft, but it&amp;#39;s not open for development. MicroStation is the main development platform.&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="1003956" url="~/products/licensing/f/licensing-and-activation-forum/170359/can-startup-company-get-a-developers-version-of-microstation"]Mac version of the software[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;MicroStation is available for Windows only, there is no macOs version available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>