Today, Microsoft announced that the Express editions of Visual Studio will be free for an entire year. It was originally speculated that these would cost $49 or $99. If someone you know would like to get more familiar with Visual Studio these are a great way to start since they are very oriented to new developers.
The products available are:
- Visual Web Developer Express
- Visual Basic Express
- Visual C# Express
- Visual C++ Express
- Visual J# Express
- Sql Server Express
Plus if you register they are giving the following benefits away.
250 royalty-free stock photography images from Corbis
Free Windows Icons from IconBuffet
Free eBooks including: Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition: Build a Web Site Now, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!, and Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!
3rd party components from VSIP partners
The link is below.
Visual Studio Express
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