@Douglasac said:
Just because someone has the resources to do something doesn't mean that necessarily want to do it, in this instance Microsoft didn't want to maintain the store so they got Kivuto to do it for them. Naturally follows that, even though Microsoft aren't actually responsible for the Kivuto store, we should blame them anyway for something that's not their fault, that's the in thing at the moment anyway with Microsoft, isn't it?@Wikipedia said:
The company [Kivuto] also manages worldwide academic software licensing programs, such as the DreamSpark program (formerly, MSDNAA (the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance)) and the VMAP (VMware Academic Program).
We absolutely can blame MS for a defunct contractor. The schools are getting (essentially free) stuff from MS, which they in turn use to further hook unsuspecting pupils on MS tech (remember, not all schools that benefit from MS free student licenses are comp.sci schools, and as such not every student is going to be a tech-savvy-know-it-all). When the vendor of their choice is a piece of shit, then it is all on MS for choosing the wrong tool for the job.
That being said, I can't recognise the OP's experience with DreamSpark. The one time I used it, it worked just fine, no troubles or anything. And my school wasn't even listed at the time but the download went through anyways.