Anyone going to the "Ready Launch Tour"? Supposedly you get given Visual Studio 2005 for free. It sounds too good to be true. Is it the full version?
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Nate Bross
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I dont know, but you probably have to buy a ticket to attend the event, which most likely has the price included.
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Well, I noticed the San Francisco and Anaheim events are already closed. The only other one Id be interested in attending would be the January 11 launch event in Washington DC, which is still open.
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Im going to the Birmingham one on the 8th of November and was nearly a Ask the Expert at the Harrogate one on the 22nd.
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rbulph said:
Nope, I thought so too but after an annoyingly long time I managed to get answers out of MS. You get a full copy of Standard VS 2005 and Standard SQL. SQL comes with one CAL (apparently Client Access License). Just thought you might prefer not having to deal with microsoft. I know I was surprised at how hard it was to get answers out of them, especially since it is a major promotion.
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It would appear the Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition will retail for less than $50.
The features in the professional editions are a bit disappointing. In order to get the development and test operating systesms, you have to buy the VS2005 w/ MSDN Professional Subscription for an MSRP of $1200. Thats also your only choice if you want the Microsoft Office tools AND mobile or 64-bit support.
However, in order to get the development and test servers, you have to get VS2005 w/ MSDN Premium subscription for an MSRP of $2500.
All I really care about are Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005. I can get SQL Server Developer Edition in all versions, so thats covered. Does Windows Server 2003 come with the development and test operating systems or servers?
By the way, knowing what we know now, the software being given away at the launch events is freely available for download to MSDN subscribers and certainly not worth the price of a plane ticket.
The features in the professional editions are a bit disappointing. In order to get the development and test operating systesms, you have to buy the VS2005 w/ MSDN Professional Subscription for an MSRP of $1200. Thats also your only choice if you want the Microsoft Office tools AND mobile or 64-bit support.
However, in order to get the development and test servers, you have to get VS2005 w/ MSDN Premium subscription for an MSRP of $2500.
All I really care about are Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005. I can get SQL Server Developer Edition in all versions, so thats covered. Does Windows Server 2003 come with the development and test operating systems or servers?
By the way, knowing what we know now, the software being given away at the launch events is freely available for download to MSDN subscribers and certainly not worth the price of a plane ticket.
OK, that makes a bit more sense now. Still worth going, since Im not an MSDN subscriber, but, yes, not worth crossing the Atlantic for.
I have to say that from Microsofts website, I have little understanding of what you can do with the Professional edition that you cant do with the Standard one. Maybe thats an indication that I dont need it! Microsoft Office tools? Presumably thats something more than the automation of Microsoft office programs that you can do with Visual Basic 6.0 since I see you can do this in VB .net Express anyway. But I cant see any explanation of what it actually is.
I have to say that from Microsofts website, I have little understanding of what you can do with the Professional edition that you cant do with the Standard one. Maybe thats an indication that I dont need it! Microsoft Office tools? Presumably thats something more than the automation of Microsoft office programs that you can do with Visual Basic 6.0 since I see you can do this in VB .net Express anyway. But I cant see any explanation of what it actually is.
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Oh, I missed the academic pricing. The full retail price is around $250.
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Could we? Missed that one, then again an MSDN subscription is a wonderful thing... Pity they only have the professional edition currently available.