Hi,
I work for a Medical Software company, and we provide an SQL server 2008 R2 runtime license to our clients packaged with our software. Now almost all of our clients are either clinics or hospitals. Being that this is a Medical industry almost every client has a testing environment where they test our new releases first and then put it in their production.
I know the SQL Server Developer Edition is now free as of this year for developing and test environments. However the Developer edition is only obtainable via VSDE(Visual Studio Dev Essentials) program which is only available to developers.
So the problem is our clients aren't developers, so how can they setup their test environment using the cheapest options(preferably free). Can we apply for the VSDE, and provide the developer edition to our clients?