I'm using VS2010 Premium and VS2012 Premium but those licenses come from my workplace and I'm not convinced that I actually need any of the Premium features. While it's true that the Express editions of VS don't allow extensions I'm pretty sure you won't get those extensions for SharpDevelop either. I did go through a period of wishing MS would give away the equivalent of VS Professional for free but then I used some of those free IDEs. By charging for their product it keeps Microsoft invested in making VS the best IDE out there and I wouldn't change that for anything.
Having said all of that I find my development style is becoming less and less "Integrated" anyway as I tend to rely on command line and linqpad spiking more and more. I suspect I could do with turning a huge swath of VS functionality off. Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge http://codermike.com On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]>wrote: > I wonder. And no one flipped a lid when I said that I’m going to keep > VS running as a dream spark license till I can buy it, so yeah. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Monday, May 06, 2013 10:24 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Visual studio and SharpDevelop: who uses which on this > list and why?**** > > ** ** > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:44 AM, David Burstin <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > > On 04/05/2013 11:25 AM, "Tristan Reeves" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "full featured" meaning, um, not full featured. Or at least not if you > > consider having any plugin work with VS a "feature". LOL. Ah > > Microsoft, gotta love 'em.**** > > <rant> > Yeah. Gotta love that they provide an excellent development environment at > a fair price and then provide a free version that also gives a great > development experience. Or did you want the free version to be exactly the > same as the paid version?**** > > This whole freetard sense of entitlement gives me the sh*ts. > </rant>**** > > You get compared with the competition. So, we're looking at Android and > Apple. Android's is open and free, Apple's xcode is free. Hard for > Microsoft to compete with that, unless they give VS away too, and look at > making money via appstore revenues. THat appears to be where Apple and > Android are going. Compared to this, are Microsoft really making much out > of VS revenue? > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Meski**** > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv**** > > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** >
