VS2008 out early next week... | The Coffeehouse

mawcc
Make it so

...well, at least according to this blog entry from the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.

It's going to be a busy week, switching all my Beta 2 projects to RTM Wink

littleguru
<3 Seattle

Let's hope i get it fast... Tongue Out

BlackTiger
If you stumbled and fell down, it doesn't mean yet, that you're going in the wrong direction.

Don't even breathe...

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

Must not install and attempt to demo with next Saturday. Must not install. Must not.

Expressionless

nightski

Man it would be great to have VS2008 to play around with over the holiday Smiley

Oh, and Game Studio 2.0 beta would just be icing on the cake.

Can't get too greedy though.

Zeo
Channel 9 :)

soon. Very soon. Smiley

Shining Arcanine

mawcc wrote:
...well, at least according to this blog entry from the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.

It's going to be a busy week, switching all my Beta 2 projects to RTM

So when will there be a give away for all of us (i.e. students) that do not have MSDN subscriptions?

mawcc
Make it so

Shining Arcanine wrote:

mawcc wrote: ...well, at least according to this blog entry from the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.

It's going to be a busy week, switching all my Beta 2 projects to RTM

So when will there be a give away for all of us (i.e. students) that do not have MSDN subscriptions?

I guess the free Express Editions will be released at the same time.

ZippyV
Fired Up

Let's hope Club9 members get it too.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Shining Arcanine wrote:

mawcc wrote:...well, at least according to this blog entry from the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.

It's going to be a busy week, switching all my Beta 2 projects to RTM

So when will there be a give away for all of us (i.e. students) that do not have MSDN subscriptions?

Have they ever had those?

VS08 isn't as "revolutionary" as VS2005, so I doubt they'll be one of those fancy-shmancy Launch Events with the free IDEs.

Let's wait and see.

fgeo

W3bbo wrote:

VS08 isn't as "revolutionary" as VS2005, so I doubt they'll be one of those fancy-shmancy Launch Events with the free IDEs.

Let's wait and see.

I received this week the invitation for the TechDays 2008 in Switzerland Big Smile

:

Microsoft Switzerland wrote:

Our next big event will be TechDays 2008, where we will celebrate the launch of Visual Studio, Windows Server and the upcoming SQL Server 2008. While preparation work is already up to speed, we expect to have our website live around mid December. Every TechDays attendee will receive a free full version of Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition), Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition) plus the latest SQL Server 2008 edition available, all not for resale. Therefore, make yourself ready and save the dates: Geneva: 12/13 March 2008, Basel 19/20 March 2008.

Last time I went, it was something like CHF 80.- (50€) for students (cheaper than the train ticket to go to Geneva from where I live...).

SecretSoftware
Code to live, but Live to code.

Very Good To know.

I cannot wait to try RTM. I hope its as good as the testers report.

Let the LINQ evolution begin.

Thanks a lot.

Big Smile

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

fgeo wrote:

W3bbo wrote:
VS08 isn't as "revolutionary" as VS2005, so I doubt they'll be one of those fancy-shmancy Launch Events with the free IDEs.

Let's wait and see.

I received this week the invitation for the TechDays 2008 in Switzerland :

Microsoft Switzerland wrote:
Our next big event will be TechDays 2008, where we will celebrate the launch of Visual Studio, Windows Server and the upcoming SQL Server 2008. While preparation work is already up to speed, we expect to have our website live around mid December. Every TechDays attendee will receive a free full version of Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition), Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition) plus the latest SQL Server 2008 edition available, all not for resale. Therefore, make yourself ready and save the dates: Geneva: 12/13 March 2008, Basel 19/20 March 2008.

Last time I went, it was something like CHF 80.- (50€) for students (cheaper than the train ticket to go to Geneva from where I live...).

Note: Standard Edition.

It's only worth me attending if it's Professional or above. Otherwise I'll nab the Academic edition (usually a heavily discounted and rebadged Professional version)

Lloyd_Humph
If Blackberrys are addictive cellphones, Channel9 is the ultimate addictive website.

fgeo wrote:

Microsoft Switzerland wrote:
Our next big event will be TechDays 2008, where we will celebrate the launch of Visual Studio, Windows Server and the upcoming SQL Server 2008. While preparation work is already up to speed, we expect to have our website live around mid December. Every TechDays attendee will receive a free full version of Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition), Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition) plus the latest SQL Server 2008 edition available, all not for resale. Therefore, make yourself ready and save the dates: Geneva: 12/13 March 2008, Basel 19/20 March 2008.

Hopefully the same offer will be on in Birmingham. I'll be there, November 28th, yeah babay!

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

I admit it, I grinned from ear to ear when I saw the post on the subscriptions blog.

I personally can't wait to get my hands on it...(except that obviously well, yeah, I'll have to, until it's actually there).

And then there's the first CTP of the MVC framework not too long afterwards...

And I do hope we see a Silverlight 1.1 beta before too long.

Sigh. I'd better start forgetting stuff to make room...(I think I'll start with COBOL. Dear God please let me forget that).

Shining Arcanine

mawcc wrote:

Shining Arcanine wrote:

mawcc wrote: ...well, at least according to this blog entry from the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.

It's going to be a busy week, switching all my Beta 2 projects to RTM

So when will there be a give away for all of us (i.e. students) that do not have MSDN subscriptions?

I guess the free Express Editions will be released at the same time.

I am talking about the full Visual Studio 2008 Standard software, not the express versions.

W3bbo wrote:

Shining Arcanine wrote:
mawcc wrote:...well, at least according to this blog entry from the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.

It's going to be a busy week, switching all my Beta 2 projects to RTM

So when will there be a give away for all of us (i.e. students) that do not have MSDN subscriptions?

Have they ever had those?

VS08 isn't as "revolutionary" as VS2005, so I doubt they'll be one of those fancy-shmancy Launch Events with the free IDEs.

Let's wait and see.

They did. I have a free copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard to prove it. I also have a free copy of Visual Basic .NET 2003.

W3bbo wrote:

fgeo wrote:
W3bbo wrote:
VS08 isn't as "revolutionary" as VS2005, so I doubt they'll be one of those fancy-shmancy Launch Events with the free IDEs.

Let's wait and see.

I received this week the invitation for the TechDays 2008 in Switzerland :

Microsoft Switzerland wrote:
Our next big event will be TechDays 2008, where we will celebrate the launch of Visual Studio, Windows Server and the upcoming SQL Server 2008. While preparation work is already up to speed, we expect to have our website live around mid December. Every TechDays attendee will receive a free full version of Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition), Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition) plus the latest SQL Server 2008 edition available, all not for resale. Therefore, make yourself ready and save the dates: Geneva: 12/13 March 2008, Basel 19/20 March 2008.

Last time I went, it was something like CHF 80.- (50€) for students (cheaper than the train ticket to go to Geneva from where I live...).

Note: Standard Edition.

It's only worth me attending if it's Professional or above. Otherwise I'll nab the Academic edition (usually a heavily discounted and rebadged Professional version)

What is the difference between Professional and Standard that makes Professional so much better?

Lloyd_Humph
If Blackberrys are addictive cellphones, Channel9 is the ultimate addictive website.

Shining Arcanine wrote:

What is the difference between Professional and Standard that makes Professional so much better?

According to my Academic Edition of VS2005 (AKA Standard):

XSD and XSLT editing and debugging
Advanced debugging tools, including cross machine debugging
Visual Basic and C# stored procedure development

rev23dev

I was pretty excited to see that blog entry!

Is TFS coming out near the same time? Or is there going to be a gap between VS and TFS this year, too?

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Shining Arcanine wrote:
What is the difference between Professional and Standard that makes Professional so much better?

According to this page:

"Full" user-experience
XSLT Editor
Crystal Reports
Remote Debugging
SQL Server 2005 integration
Complimentary SQL Server 2005 Developer or Standard license

The Launch Event version of VS2005 Pro comes with SQL Server Standard, the Retail version has the Developer license
But the installer comes with Express anyway

And I use Remote Debugging a lot (what with running ASP.NET programs under IIS on Windows Server, or debugging daemons and winforms apps on my DC).

hardcodet
code hard

Microsoft Switzerland wrote:
Our next big event will be TechDays 2008, where we will celebrate the launch of Visual Studio, Windows Server and the upcoming SQL Server 2008. While preparation work is already up to speed, we expect to have our website live around mid December. Every TechDays attendee will receive a free full version of Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition), Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition) plus the latest SQL Server 2008 edition available, all not for resale.

I attended TechDays in Basel (Switzerland) and I would have gone anyway. However, with regards to these announcements, I feel somewhat ripped off - the bundles we received consist of evaluation-only versions of the products. And the TechDays license states that the software can be used beyond the one-year limit, but apart from that, it's still evaluation-only. That's a joke and about as respectable as the offers that usually go into my spam folder.

ZippyV
Fired Up

hardcodet wrote:

Microsoft Switzerland wrote:

Our next big event will be TechDays 2008, where we will celebrate the launch of Visual Studio, Windows Server and the upcoming SQL Server 2008. While preparation work is already up to speed, we expect to have our website live around mid December. Every TechDays attendee will receive a free full version of Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition), Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition) plus the latest SQL Server 2008 edition available, all not for resale.

I attended TechDays in Basel (Switzerland) and I would have gone anyway. However, with regards to these announcements, I feel somewhat ripped off - the bundles we received consist of evaluation-only versions of the products. And the TechDays license states that the software can be used beyond the one-year limit, but apart from that, it's still evaluation-only. That's a joke and about as respectable as the offers that usually go into my spam folder.

Microsoft doesn't spend much on marketing in Europe. It's only in the US that you get free candy.

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