[ExI] META: Software - MS Visual Studio now available free

[Kelly Anderson]

Thanks! That's a great thing I didn't know about! Much appreciated.

-Kelly

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:59 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Microsoft has released a free version of Visual Studio. This is a good
> buy as it used to be expensive.
> <
> http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-makes-visual-studio-free-for-small-teams/
> >
> Quote:
>
> Microsoft today launched the Community 2013 edition of Visual Studio,
> which essentially replaces the very limited Visual Studio Express
> version the company has been offering for a few years now.
>
> There is a huge difference between Visual Studio Express and the aptly
> named Visual Studio 2013 Community edition, though: The new version is
> extensible, so get access to the over 5,100 extensions now in the
> Visual Studio ecosystem. It's basically a full version of Visual
> Studio with no restrictions, except that you can't use it in an
> enterprise setting and for teams with more than five people (you can,
> however, use it for any other kind of commercial and non-commercial
> project).
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>
>
> Download here:
> <http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs>
> Note that this is a 9GB download, so you need a fast connection and
> plenty of disk space.
>
> As it supports Visual Basic and many other languages, it might be
> useful for youngsters learning to program. (Spike?)
>
> You can also download a tuition pack.
> Microsoft Visual Studio Learning Pack 2.0
> <
> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=22347&751be11f-ede8-5a0c-058c-2ee190a24fa6=True
> >
>
>
> BillK
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