Free VB.NET 2003 Standard Edition from Microsoft 1

[StuckInTheMiddle]

Has anybody visited Microsofts MSDN homepage recently? They are giving away a Free 'Not-For-Resale' Copy of Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition to anyone who watches 5 online movies/tutorials on the new features in VB.NET 2003 and then answers some questions on what they thought about them.

I couldnt beleive it, anyway, just thought I'd share that news with everyone in the forum incase your are interested. I know it's only the standard version, but it retails for 80-100 bucks. Can't be a bad deal, unless they are harvesting your personal details for purposes of doing evil, but Microsoft would never do that, right?

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(The more ASP.NET I do, the more Javascript I find myself using)

 

[yu217171]

... But you can get free versions of the main .NET languages when you download the .NET SDK. Can you actually purchase retail versions of VB.NET?

Keith

 

[jfrost10]

Its not so much VB.NET as it is a standard version of VisualStudio.NET (which comes with VB.NET...you can also get standard versions of C# and C++).

Basically, you get a limited version of VS.NET (no assemblies for instance).

So it is a pretty good value (I bought my version of VB.NET Standard for $200Cdn after taxes).

D

 

[StuckInTheMiddle]

I wonder too whether you get any good manuals, probably not. But hey my copy is suppose to arrive in 6 to 8 weeks so I guess I'll find out then.

(The more ASP.NET I do, the more Javascript I find myself using)

 

[jfrost10]

Actually, mine came with some really sweet posters that outlined the entire .NET object model. But yeah, nothing like a "how to" book or anything. Still pretty kewl though.

D

 

[BoulderBum]

Mega sweet. Star from me for the tip.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/atthemovies/

 

[StuckInTheMiddle]

Thanks BoulderBum.

Just a quick update to let you know mine arrived, in just over a month. Not bad.

No super thick manuals, but it does comes with the MSDN disks.

I wonder if they'll give away there new 'Express' edition of VS.NET to put us all out of jobs ;(

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(The more ASP.NET I do, the more Javascript I find myself using)

 

[jzelhart]

I heard that they were trying to increase interest in students and developers in other languages.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Thanks - Jennifer