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 were excited to see the amazing applications theyll 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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