Visual Studio 2005 Beta Express

chronoflare · Post by **chronoflare** » Sun 29 May, 2005 1:27 pm

Microsoft has just done something incredible. Visual Studio 2005 Beta Express
That's right they are giving out Express Betas of VS2005 for free and you can use them for commercial stuff. As in sellable stuff. Microsoft you should just be a development company the world would be a lot happier.
Chronoflare complementing Microsoft... Is it the end?

Post by **benryves** » Sun 29 May, 2005 1:48 pm

This is pretty old news, as far as I know (I know people have been using the beta for quite a while). It's only recently that non-US residents can order the software via post though. Anyway, Microsoft's compilers are free! It's just the IDE that costs money - and it's worth it too.

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Sun 29 May, 2005 2:40 pm

Yes, this is at least 8 months old by now...

koolmansam375 · Post by **koolmansam375** » Sun 29 May, 2005 5:20 pm

what!? I gotta be checking / . more often

*downloads Visual C++ (and maybe VB) Studio*

FrostFusion · Post by **FrostFusion** » Sun 29 May, 2005 5:40 pm

I have had this stuff for like 3 weeks now. I got everything for the hell of it

blueskies · Post by **blueskies** » Sun 29 May, 2005 6:18 pm

The express editions are pretty cool, but I think they are limited in some ways. I toyed around with them a little bit when they first started releasing them. Also (don't know if this is old news), but you can get the VS 2005 betas for free. I'm pretty sure this is the whole visual studio package, not just the individual pieces, and you get it on a cd/dvd. Here's the link.

chronoflare · Post by **chronoflare** » Sun 29 May, 2005 8:12 pm

Yea I am getting that too but the reason this is not 8 monthes old is because this is Beta 2. The other one was Beta.