Buying "Visual Studio Pro 2005". Please Help!

[lord_spaceman]

Hi Guys

I need some help. Where can I buy Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2005 from in SA? I see www.take2.co.za sells it (for hellishly expensive prices), but are out of stock. Any advice on shops that sell this software?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Abe]

What are your reasons for buying it? Do you have a small company that is going to release a product?

 

[Abe]

The reason for me asking is that there are other ways of getting it depending on your requirements.

 

[ZA_medic]

Have you looked at the express edition? Its free and will cover most of your basic development needs.

 

[Frikkenator]

Have you looked at the express edition? Its free and will cover most of your basic development needs.

I was thinking the same thing.

Also if you're a student/teacher you can get it on the student license which is only a couple of hundred bucks

 

[Abe]

Other ways of getting VS:

1) MSDN Professional - costs about R7000 but adds a lot of value
2) Microsoft Empower (https://partner.microsoft.com/40011351) - about R2700.

This includes:

Up to five (5) software licences for:
Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2007 or 2003

One (1) software license and up to five (5) Client Access Licenses (CALs) for:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Standard or Enterprise Edition)
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007 or 2003

Development and Testing License: MSDN Premium Subscription and five (5) user licenses
One (1) MSDN Premium Media Kit (DVD)

Please Note: This is only available to ISVs and has certain requirements. Look online.

Note 2: You can only use this deal for 2 years. After that it you can't continue.

 

[Abe]

While on the subject of specials. MS also has a deal called the Action Pack (this is not for developers but for small IT shops). It costs about R3000 and includes licenses for 10 users to:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Microsoft ISA Server Standard 2006
Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Enterprise 2007
Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Workgroup Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, in all supported languages
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit
Windows Server 2003 R2 (32- and 64- bit)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (32- and 64-bit) Beta 3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition, R2
Windows Vista Business 3
Windows Vista Business 64-bit (4 Licenses)
Microsoft Terminal Server
Microsoft Small Business Server

 

[XCalibre]

What a bargain

 

[Abe]

What a bargain

One thing MS know how to do is take care of their resellers and developers. Other companies would do well to learn these lessons instead of milking the people that bring them the cash.

 

[Flipside]

Yes thats brilliant, its unlikely you'll move from your microsoft architecture after your 2 years of licensing expires. No more freebies then.

 

[Gnome]

In my opinion that is why Windows is the most used operating system with the most software available to it today, it's easy for beginner developers to create new programs. Their IDE's are pretty decent if you ask me, easy to learn, use and install. Unlike Linux (what a nightmare!, well at least for me as a C++ developer, only thing cool about Linux C++ programming is ValGrind), can't speak for Mac since I don't know what kind of IDE's are available.

On the topic of the VS Express Editions, they are pretty darn decent and you can develop commercial software and sell it as well (for the amazing price of R0).

Btw. Do students actually pay for VS? They just gave it to us for free....

 

[Abe]

On the topic of the VS Express Editions, they are pretty darn decent and you can develop commercial software and sell it as well (for the amazing price of R0).

Have a look at Turbo Delphi Explorer, also free. (http://www.turboexplorer.com/)