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Looks like MS is making VS Studio Express free as in beer permanently.
I wrote up my responses to the free beta some time back; like I said then, I think this is a really good move for Microsoft, and it's driven by the quality of the free IDEs for other languages (notably NetBeans and Eclipse for Java).
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Comments (2)
I am glad they are offering these tools, especially as it will attract developers to their platform.
For those serious about developing more robust applications they will most likely move up to the professional editions.
Either way, I like this move by Microsoft.
Posted by dsuspense | April 20, 2006 1:06 PM
Posted on April 20, 2006 13:06
Yeah I have been using VS express for a while now, no complaints for what I need it for (about once a month).
However, I am sure the full version VS2005 does NOT have all the soft toyish colours? (or is it just the same as express?). It seems that with express, they want you to think its a toy, and that any real work best be done with something that doesn't look like playschool ;)
Posted by Michael Neale | April 20, 2006 3:42 PM
Posted on April 20, 2006 15:42