Hey Aaron, Yep, there are discount programs. They require a small portion of your soul :)
Actually, yes, MS is trying to make things more accessible. There are "light" versions of VS 2005 Beta available for free, and there are programs like MSDN that have a price tag attached. On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:16:58 -0600, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can't Visual Studio be had via some of M$'s programs along with a ton > of other software and at a rather large discount? I once recall > someone pointing out how M$ wants developers so that their server > products get used more and because of this that is why they make it > possible to get the development tools severely discounted in said > programs. Sorry I do not know the actual names of the things, never > looked hard enough into it all since never had the need. > > > > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 07:04:28 -0800, Joe Rinehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The price of one copy of CF Pro Server and DW MX 2004 is about the > > cost of one copy of Visual Studio Enterprise Developer. > > > > -joe > > > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 08:53:45 -0400, Will Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >Ferrari's are fussy and very expensive to run so that's probably a > > > >very good analogy... > > > > > > > > > Sean, > > > > > > Are you saying CF isn't fussy? And CF isn't more expensive than .NET? I'd > > > really love to know. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187260 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54