Free Visual Studio 2005 Standard Editon

[vtohthree]

dang, thanks OP, glad i saw this, just got in, it expires today too!!!

 

[geecee]

I received mine today as well. Great deal!

 

[middlehead]

Hopefully they won't cop-out and say they ran out of promotional discs, that would make me stabbity.

 

[bigbangtech]

got mine!

 

[russr]

Guys, the offer has been extended through June 30th, 2006. So those of you who didn't get on this yet, can still do so.

 

[russr]

How long does it take for them to ship the software? I completed my training requirements over a week ago. It says it has shipped, but I haven't received it yet.

 

[Setral]

still haven't received mine either

 

[OCedHrt]

Just got mine. About 2-3 weeks after they said they shipped it. Mine came as 5 cds, 2 vs and 3 msdn. Would have liked to have the dvd for msdn ><

 

[mharrison]

Got mine in yesterday. Pretty nice deal. The price was definitely right!

 

[russr]

Still haven't got mine. It's been over 3 weeks now.

 

[SurgicalShark]

Visual Studio Express Edition is now free from Microsoft, just go to VS website and download your own copy with VC++, VC#, VJ# and VB.

EDIT: It is express edition which is free, not standard, my bad.

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
Visual Studio Standard Edition is now free from Microsoft, just go to VS website and download your own copy with VC++, VC#, VJ# and VB.

Express is free, not Standard.

Still haven't gotten my free set, but I don't think it's been 3 weeks yet.

 

[Atomics]

Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
Visual Studio Standard Edition is now free from Microsoft, just go to VS website and download your own copy with VC++, VC#, VJ# and VB.

Mind posting a link? I don't see anything on the vstudio site, and I can't imagine Microsoft giving away a $500 package for free.

[EDIT] middlehead beat me to it. Here is the "Express" information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx

 

[howdysir]

thanks for the nfo on express guys. it's been >3weeks waiting for this deal but knowing about express is good for me. for those interested in comparison to std:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx

 

[SurgicalShark]

Here is Express edition download link.

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[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: russr
Still haven't got mine. It's been over 3 weeks now.

2 months and waiting...

 

[russr]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: russr
Still haven't got mine. It's been over 3 weeks now.

2 months and waiting...

Yikes! Are you serious?

 

[unhuman]

I always get scared with M$ promotions..... I have several USB keys I never got amonst a non-pile of other M$ crap.

This is the thing I wanted most, esp since I bailed on the developer conferences when they started hosing people by not giving out the Professional level as promised.

Anyhow, it told me mine shipped as soon as I watched the 3rd video. Very fast processing. But of course, I'm at a few weeks and waiting.

Good luck to all!

-H

 

[russr]

It said it shipped right away for all of us after clicking/watching 3 of those ASP.NET webcasts.

It does however say in fine print that we need to allow 6-8 weeks for shipping. It's been 6 weeks for me, but not 8....haven't received yet. I'm dearly looking forward to it though. I hope they don't hose us.

The website still has the offer running, so it can't be that bad.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: russr
It does however say in fine print that we need to allow 6-8 weeks for shipping. It's been 6 weeks for me, but not 8....haven't received yet. I'm dearly looking forward to it though. I hope they don't hose us.

Would say this offer will undoubtedly be fulfilled, as it was the last time.

Likely requires just a bit more patience before arriving.

 

[Jawo]

got mine a few days ago

 

[jjungman]

Yeah, I got an email that it shipped in early March, but it never showed up. Oh well, no big loss if it doesn't come. I downloaded the Express editions anyway.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: russr

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: russr
Still haven't got mine. It's been over 3 weeks now.

2 months and waiting...

Yikes! Are you serious?

Seriously serious. Still haven't gotten it. As far as the MS USB thing promotion, I got the email saying they were out of stock on that. So, with that in mind, I likely won't be getting Visual Studio. Guess it's time to go ahead and install Express Ed.

 

[unhuman]

Got mine! It's a nice package. Came with a pretty decent looking book too.

 

[BionicSniper]

Just got mine too!

theres a vouvher for half off exam 70-528 TS: Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 Web Based Client Development
that expires on 7/31/06
A Microsoft Developer Security Resource kit on DVD
and a large ASP.NET 2.0 book (465 pages)
then 2 cd's for vs and 3 for msdn library
and acoupon for 400$ off VS Profesional edition with a msdn subscription.