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Visual Studio 2005 Express (free permanently)
Dan Fernandez's Blog ^ | April 19, 2006 | Dan Fernandez's Blog

Posted on 04/20/2006 5:11:14 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit

Visual Studio 2005 Express Announcements!

Dear Visual Studio Express community,

We are incredibly excited to announce that effective April 19th, 2006, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions including Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual J#, Visual C++, and Visual Web Developer Express will be free permanently!

Prior to this pricing announcement, Visual Studio Express Editions were promotionally discounted to be free for one year, starting on November 7th, 2005. With this announcement, the promotional discount for Visual Studio Express is now permanent and Express will continue to be free.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.msdn.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: freesoftware; microsoft; programming; tppl; visualstudioexpress
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1 posted on 04/20/2006 5:11:17 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit
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2 posted on 04/20/2006 5:17:02 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: SeaBiscuit
This previously was free for 1 year use, now Microsoft is offering it as permanently free.
3 posted on 04/20/2006 5:17:53 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: SeaBiscuit; ShadowAce; N3WBI3; Golden Eagle

Free as in beer!

May a million web apps blossom!


4 posted on 04/20/2006 5:18:52 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: SeaBiscuit

And worth every penny!


5 posted on 04/20/2006 5:19:00 AM PDT by jrg
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To: SeaBiscuit

How does one go about getting his "free" copy of Visual C???


6 posted on 04/20/2006 5:21:44 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: Ken522

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

Go there and either download the express installer, about 2.5mb for each Express Edition, or download (manual) an iso image and burn it to CD. Each iso image is about 450MB, so you would need a cable\dsl connection.


7 posted on 04/20/2006 5:27:33 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: SeaBiscuit

Ping for later!


8 posted on 04/20/2006 5:31:09 AM PDT by Tatze (I voted for John Kerry before I voted against him!)
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To: Ken522

Direct link to visual c#

Express installer is on this page.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/

Manual\Burn to CD install.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/install/

Note: If you don't have .net 2.0 installed the installer will do so.


9 posted on 04/20/2006 5:32:02 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: SeaBiscuit

Bookmark for later download.


10 posted on 04/20/2006 5:32:23 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: SeaBiscuit

These are all free:

Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition

Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

Visual J# 2005 Express Edition

All cd images can be downloaded from here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/install/


11 posted on 04/20/2006 5:44:17 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: Ken522

The Express Editions were free for eternity from the start, however they would only be available for download for a year.
The Standard Edition is available for the cost of watching 3 free webcasts. The BIG difference is the dependencies. The Express Editions require several other files not "normally" installed on a WindowsXP system. The Standard Edition can compile a C or C++ source (not .NET) to an executable with no such dependencies.
Visit MicroSoft's web site. They are giving away a lot of goodies there.


12 posted on 04/20/2006 7:06:51 AM PDT by Abcdefg
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To: Incorrigible

Ive always been skittish about using too much Visual $LANG applications, too much incompatability with anything else.


13 posted on 04/20/2006 7:11:58 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3
too much incompatability with anything else

What were you going to execute it on?

14 posted on 04/20/2006 7:13:43 AM PDT by Glenn (There is a looming Tupperware shortage. Plan appropriately.)
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To: SeaBiscuit

Bookmark.


15 posted on 04/20/2006 7:16:07 AM PDT by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: N3WBI3

Since Visual Studio only compiles to Windows OS executables, what are you referring to?


16 posted on 04/20/2006 7:17:34 AM PDT by Abcdefg
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To: SeaBiscuit

Big mistake MS made when originally coming out with Dot Net, was not providing free developer editions of Visual Studio .NET.


17 posted on 04/20/2006 7:19:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: dfwgator

The C# and VB compilers were provided free from the start, the C / C++ came shortly thereafter. The Visual Studio has been recently offered for free, though apparently not at this moment.
I got my free copy of Visual Studio 2005, standard at the November release in Dallas, value = $300. Also SQL server 2005 for free, value = $800.


18 posted on 04/20/2006 7:24:32 AM PDT by Abcdefg
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To: NAVY84

LATER


19 posted on 04/20/2006 7:26:13 AM PDT by NAVY84
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To: Abcdefg

I got my copy at the same time. It's does address a lot of my issues with the previous .NET edition. I do mostly Java development myself, and even Sun has recently made all their developer tools free as well.


20 posted on 04/20/2006 7:26:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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