They are only permanently free if you download and register them before
November (if I recall correctly). After that they will probably be around
$50.
I love to program in .NET however I noticed in the past that people on this
list don't seem to friendly towards MS or .NET programming so I have
refrained from mentioning much about it.
DAVID WAGNER
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven H. McCown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'LDS Open Source Software'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:51 AM
Subject: [Ldsoss] Not really open source, but it's free...
I wandered across something that may be useful to you -- especially
students
on a budget.
Microsoft is offering "Express" versions of its Visual Studio and SQL
lines
for free (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/).
You can create and deploy even commercial apps with these tools. They are
permanently free and not trial versions. Perhaps, MS is seeing eroding
market share in the enterprise and they do not make much money from
hobbyists, anyway. So, that's probably the motivation.
I've done a lot with creating mobile apps for WinCE. VS2005 supports
creating mobile apps, as well.
Enjoy,
Steve
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