Re: Visual Studio 2008

"JJ" <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Perhaps its the best way, but not the cheapest, assuming that the final
product will cost about half that (and that I can upgrade so it'll be
cheaper again I hope).

With MSDN do you get operating systems (e.g. Vista) that are not time
limited? Could be handy for testing, but I'm not going to the effort of
installing vista if it expires in 120 days.....

Check the page I posted:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/vstudio/aa718657.aspx
The extra tools you get are well worth the money. Nothing is time limited.
You do get operating systems, but you'll have to check the licencing terms,
as I believe you are only allowed to use them for development purposes. You
can use one set of certain programs for general use (like office apps) but
I'm not too sure about Windows. Have a look at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx

The other benefit is that you'll get new versions of all applications for
the life of the subscription, so people who bought an MSDN subscription
earlier this year to use VS2005 automatically got VS2008 without any
additional cost.


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