How to Make Rev More Popular [Enhance the IDE]

Bill Marriott wjm at wjm.org
Tue Dec 6 00:02:29 EST 2005


Oh I forgot one other thing. Visual Basic Express is free now.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/default.aspx#pricing

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10.How much will these products cost?

We are announcing a pricing promotion for Visual Studio Express – for the 
first year after the products launch on November 7th, 2005, customers will 
be able to visit MSDN to download their copy of Visual Studio Express for 
free!**

Our customers are very excited about the release of these products, so this 
limited-time download is our gift to the hobbyist, student, and novice 
community – we’re excited to see the amazing applications they’ll build!

Note that SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is also a free download. The free 
pricing for SQL Server Express is not limited to the same one-year 
promotional period as Visual Studio Express.

[**We plan to launch the non-English versions of the Express products 
sometime within 2-3 months after the English version launches on November 
7th. The same pricing promotion will apply to these products, and will 
remain in effect for one full year after their respective availabilities.]

11.You said “free for one year” — what does that mean, exactly? Will you be 
charging for this later?

We originally announced pricing of Visual Studio Express at US$49. We are 
now offering Visual Studio Express for free, as a limited-in-time 
promotional offer, until November 6, 2006. Note that we are also offering 
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition as a free download, and that this offer is 
not limited to the same promotional pricing period as Visual Studio Express.

12.Do customers who acquire the Visual Studio Express products during the 
free promotional pricing period have to pay after the first year if they 
want to continue to use them?

No, as long as you download Visual Studio Express on or before November 7th 
2006, you will not have to pay for it.
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