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Free Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2

  • 04-05-2005 05:09PM
    #1
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭


    Microsoft have released the Beta version of Visual Studio 2005 2 and can be ordered free from
    http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/getthebetas/

    Ordered it this morning... apparently should be here in 28 days. Pity I didn't have it during my assignments :(


Comments

  • #2
    jessy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭jessy


    just ordered a copy myself.


  • #3
    Kernel32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Kernel32


    Downloaded it a week or so back from my MSDN Universal subscription site :p

    Speaking of that, if anyone is thinking of getting an MSDN subscription, work related or otherwise then you should check out the new pricing model. The new MSDN Premium subscriptions is going to cost more, but if you get Universal now you will get a free upgrade.


  • #4
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,258 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    The non msdn subscription heads may wish to download the express products - http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/default.aspx


  • #5
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    Out of interest, does anyone know if it has a time limit on it? Like does it only work for 60 days or something like that


  • #6
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Not that I'm aware of, I don't think beta's usually have a time limit. That's usually the demo versions.


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  • #7
    Kernel32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Kernel32


    Evil Phil wrote:
    Not that I'm aware of, I don't think beta's usually have a time limit. That's usually the demo versions.

    I remember the first .Net releases and either beta2 or RC1 was timebombed wasn't it? It caused a little bit of a stir because Microsoft didn't let the developer community know about it at first.


  • #8
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    I think that was RC1.


  • #9
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    I did hear off someone it expired in August but there's no mention of this on the website... so I dunno


  • #10
    fatherdougalmag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭fatherdougalmag


    FWIW you also need XP SP2 to be installed.

    Not for me, so.


  • #11
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Didn't the last time they did this they didn't lock it one to customer and some guy ordered 500 of them for a laugh.


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  • #12
    Chalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭Chalk


    Hobbes wrote:
    Didn't the last time they did this they didn't lock it one to customer and some guy ordered 500 of them for a laugh.
    yeah some guy in america ordered hundreds of them using a macro.

    i posted a link to the thread in ah,
    you wouldnt believe the bad rep i got for thinking it was slighty amusing :/


  • #13
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    Was that not the SP2 cd?


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