Visual Studio Express Tools to remain FREE

[Lazybones]

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-19VSExpressFreePR.mspx

Coupled with Microsoft SQL Server Express, the Visual Studio Express editions provide a tool that meets the needs of a wide range of software enthusiasts, including beginning Windows? developers, hobbyist Web developers, amateur game developers and even hardware developers. All the editions of Visual Studio Express will be offered as free downloads: Visual Web Developer? Express, Visual Basic? Express, Visual C#? Express, Visual C++? Express and Visual J#? Express.

All of these previously had a future price tagged on them and where only to be free for a limited time.

[Thorin]

Yay!  No longer do we have to pirate the Enterprise version to use it at home!  

[Lazybones]

Yay!  No longer do we have to pirate the Enterprise version to use it at home!  

Unless you want to do .net 1.1 or Mobile development.... :wink:

[Mr. Analog]

The post as it appears on ASP.net:

http://forums.asp.net/thread/1262185.aspx



And of course Mono just had a minor update that gives you better refactoring tools (somewhat lacking in VS.NET, IMHO):

http://www.mono-project.com/