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From: David Ching on 4 Mar 2010 13:45 A while ago, we were bemoaning the loss of VS 2010 Standard, and the price of VS 2008 Professional (presumably with a free upgrade to 2010) was something like $1500 USD. Now there are new VS 2010 prices. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Offers-Deals-for-Visual-Studio-2010-Retail-Customers-550413/ Basically if you have VS 2005/2008 Standard, you can get VS2010 Standard for $299. And even if you are totally new to VS, you can get VS2010 Professional for $799 and upgrade for $549. And Professional now comes with MSDN Essentials. So the prices are much cheaper than we had been led to believe. -- David
From: Bo Persson on 4 Mar 2010 14:07 David Ching wrote: > A while ago, we were bemoaning the loss of VS 2010 Standard, and > the price of VS 2008 Professional (presumably with a free upgrade > to 2010) was something like $1500 USD. > > Now there are new VS 2010 prices. > http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Offers-Deals-for-Visual-Studio-2010-Retail-Customers-550413/ > > Basically if you have VS 2005/2008 Standard, you can get VS2010 > Standard for $299. And even if you are totally new to VS, you can > get VS2010 Professional for $799 and upgrade for $549. And > Professional now comes with MSDN Essentials. So the prices are > much cheaper than we had been led to believe. > http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/howtobuy/default.mspx Ok, right now a VS2008 Standard Upgrade is $199. If the V2010 Standard Upgrade is $299, I wouldn't exactly call that "surprisingly cheap". Would you? :-) Bo Persson
From: Ajay Kalra on 4 Mar 2010 14:13 On Mar 4, 1:45 pm, "David Ching" <d...(a)remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote: > A while ago, we were bemoaning the loss of VS 2010 Standard, and the price > of VS 2008 Professional (presumably with a free upgrade to 2010) was > something like $1500 USD. > > Now there are new VS 2010 prices.http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Offers-Dea... > > Basically if you have VS 2005/2008 Standard, you can get VS2010 Standard for > $299. And even if you are totally new to VS, you can get VS2010 > Professional for $799 and upgrade for $549. And Professional now comes with > MSDN Essentials. So the prices are much cheaper than we had been led to > believe. Comments about the product in this NG havent been that glorifying though. I -- Ajay
From: David Ching on 4 Mar 2010 16:08 "Bo Persson" <bop(a)gmb.dk> wrote in message news:7vaensFiv0U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Ok, right now a VS2008 Standard Upgrade is $199. If the V2010 Standard > Upgrade is $299, I wouldn't exactly call that "surprisingly cheap". > No, I wouldn't. I'm happy there is a migration path for Standard users though who tend to be freeware and shareware MFC programmers. I would still recommend checking out the ISV program which is about as cheap and provides MSDN Professional instead. -- David
From: Ajay Kalra on 4 Mar 2010 16:22
On Mar 4, 4:08 pm, "David Ching" <d...(a)remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote: > "Bo Persson" <b...(a)gmb.dk> wrote in message > > news:7vaensFiv0U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > > Ok, right now a VS2008 Standard Upgrade is $199. If the V2010 Standard > > Upgrade is $299, I wouldn't exactly call that "surprisingly cheap". > > No, I wouldn't. I'm happy there is a migration path for Standard users > though who tend to be freeware and shareware MFC programmers. I would still > recommend checking out the ISV program which is about as cheap and provides > MSDN Professional instead. > > -- David Isnt getting the Express edition free is still the best route? I dont think regular users will care one way or other for change in price that much. -- Ajay |