msdn.microsoft.com— Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are available completely FREE! No catch, they can be used for commercial use.
Nov 7, 2005View in Crawl 4
"You can develop for the .NET Framework completely FREE!"No.You can develop for .NET for "free", as in gratis. You cannot develop for .NET "Free" as in libre. .NET is only "free" if you don't count the cost of your soul.
While the FAQ is not that clear, check out the statement from another msdn site:<a class="user" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/">http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/</a>And I quote: "Express is free for one yearUntil November 7, 2006, we are promotionally discounting the downloadable versions of Express to free. This doesn’t mean that the product turns off after a year, but rather that as long as you download the product before November 7, 2006, you can get it for free and you can use it forever."
teagueclNov 7, 2005
"You can develop for the .NET Framework completely FREE!"No.You can develop for .NET for "free", as in gratis. You cannot develop for .NET "Free" as in libre. .NET is only "free" if you don't count the cost of your soul.
miothegreatNov 7, 2005
Visual Studio 2005 is amazing. It is perhaps the best IDE I have ever come across.
bugmenot2Nov 8, 2005
I got the CDs.
nathanfunkNov 8, 2005
I thought Microsoft had free Express versions for a while already. Am I just wrong, or is this actually old news?
jettNov 8, 2005
While the FAQ is not that clear, check out the statement from another msdn site:<a class="user" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/">http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/</a>And I quote: "Express is free for one yearUntil November 7, 2006, we are promotionally discounting the downloadable versions of Express to free. This doesn’t mean that the product turns off after a year, but rather that as long as you download the product before November 7, 2006, you can get it for free and you can use it forever."
x3n1Nov 8, 2005
Must.. stop.. dancing.. with.. the devil!!aaaahhhh, its actually decent... and free... !!!+digg, thanks