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#151398 - 2005-11-14 03:59 PM Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Microsoft is giving away their Visual Studio Express editions for a limited time (until next year). They were going to charge $49 dollars for them at one point. After next year, you wont be able to get them for free, but those that downloaded during the free offer now can continue to use for free (at least thats my read on it) ... http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx -Shawn
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#151399 - 2005-11-14 04:16 PM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	It says "Free for one year" _________________________ The tart is out there
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#151400 - 2005-11-14 04:58 PM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	I know - thats why I said "my read on it..." - if you look at the pricing details FAQ, this is what it says: Q. You said “free for one year” — what does that mean, exactly? Will you be charging for this later? A. We originally announced pricing of Visual Studio Express at US$49. We are now offering Visual Studio Express for free, as a limited-in-time promotional offer, until November 6, 2006. Note that we are also offering SQL Server 2005 Express Edition as a free download, and that this offer is not limited to the same promotional pricing period as Visual Studio Express. Q. Do customers who acquire the Visual Studio Express products during the free promotional pricing period have to pay after the first year if they want to continue to use them? A. No, as long as you download Visual Studio Express on or before November 7th 2006, you will not have to pay for it. Any other interpretations welcome ...
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#151401 - 2005-11-14 06:59 PM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	I think I shall get some of the cd images... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#151402 - 2005-11-14 08:19 PM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
ADynes ADynes Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2003-10-31 Posts: 184 Loc: Ohio	The editors are WAY smarter then older versions. I did a upgrade of my Kixtarter code to see how easy it would be to move to .Net v1.1 to v2 and not only did it tell me what it didn't like but for more then half of it I was given a corrected version choice and it updated the code. Very cool. -Allan. _________________________ Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor http://www.AllanDynes.com/
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#151403 - 2005-11-15 12:21 AM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11631 Loc: CA	Well ... SQL Server 2005 Express should be good for most of the Admins out there wanting to do their own home rolled inventory databases but for some reason won't or can't run MySQL Note though that for those that run stuff like DB2/ORACLE it appears that Microsoft is offering a big discount to switch over. Considering the Enterprise license is $25,000 per CPU that could be a big discount - but that is small in comparison to the programming costs of switching over. Quote: But wait! The generosity from the world's richest software company didn't stop there: Ballmer also announced that Microsoft will be giving 50 percent discounts on SQL Server 2005 licenses to customers who migrate off competing databases, "like Oracle!"
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#151404 - 2005-12-09 10:23 AM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	btw, downloaded some of the VS express images (I wanna have the media always on my HD) and found out that with it, you never need to register. so, basically, if you or your friend has the image, visual studio express 2005 is free for you and your friends forever. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#151405 - 2005-12-09 12:04 PM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11631 Loc: CA	Yes, true - However Microsft currently offering a bunch of FREEBIES if you do register your copy.
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#151406 - 2005-12-09 02:07 PM Re: Visual Studio Express Editions - Limited Time Offer
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	I did register the web version and found out the freebies were: -good feeling you are registered -some nice images if you can't use google images directory -and something else almost as valuable _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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