OT, perhaps: upgrading from VS2003 to VS2005

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Jon Brunson

Currently we're using VS.NET 2003 Enterprise Developer and in the new
year will be looking to move to .NET2.0, which I understand requires
VS2005. Now my question is; is it worth just buying VS2005 on it's own,
or would we be better subscribing to MSDN? We use VB.NET, C#, Mobile
Device stuff, and SQL - would we get the latest version of all these on
MSDN, and thus save us seperately buying SQL Server as well as VS.NET?

None of us here (there's only 5 of us in the company) know enough about
the whole MSDN thing to make an informed decision, so I thought I'd ask
you guys.

Thanks for reading,
-Jon
 
Hi Jon,

If I were you, I'd get the MSDN subscription. It is an amazing bargain, and
not only will save you beaucoups money compared with separate software
purchases, but includes a lot of other software that you will find useful,
as well as access to the latest updates, MSDN subscriber downloads, betas,
etc. I've been using it for almost 10 years now, and will never be without
it.

Note, however, that SQL Server, while free with the MSDN Subscription, does
not include commercial licensing, which must be purchased separately. That
is, the subscription will get you the software, and license to use it for
development, but does not include any commercial license. However, this is
also true of the non-MSDN SQL Server.

Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ for more information.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
You can lead a fish to a bicycle,
but it takes a very long time,
and the bicycle has to *want* to change.
 
Kevin said:
Hi Jon,

If I were you, I'd get the MSDN subscription. It is an amazing bargain, and
not only will save you beaucoups money compared with separate software
purchases, but includes a lot of other software that you will find useful,
as well as access to the latest updates, MSDN subscriber downloads, betas,
etc. I've been using it for almost 10 years now, and will never be without
it.

Note, however, that SQL Server, while free with the MSDN Subscription, does
not include commercial licensing, which must be purchased separately. That
is, the subscription will get you the software, and license to use it for
development, but does not include any commercial license. However, this is
also true of the non-MSDN SQL Server.

Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ for more information.
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Thanks for the advice Kevin.
 
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