From: david@NOSPAMdbarber.com   
      
   If you're just looking to try it out and get some feeling for it, there is a   
   *free* downloadable "Express" version you can get directly from MS.  You can   
   work with it and even sell you work under the license terms, and it appears   
   to implement virtually the entire base language.  Other 2005 .Net languages   
   are also available this way.  You can pay and upgrade later if you need some   
   advanced enterprise feature(s).   
      
   David   
      
   "W C Hull"  wrote in   
   message news:MIOCf.15118$K17.8043@trnddc03...   
   > Now that Visual Studio 2005 has been out a while I'm hoping that someone   
   can   
   > give me some insight on what version to upgrade to (standard or   
   > professional).  I went out on Microsoft's site and looked at the   
   comparison   
   > chart and didn't find anything really significant between the two versions   
   > from my perspective.  I have Visual Basic Professional 6.0 and have   
   written   
   > a few standalone programs.  No network, no databases just a few simple   
   > programs for myself and others that perform simple but very specialized   
   > tasks.  Right now I believe that upgrading to the Standard Edition is   
   > probably my best bet but I also thought upgrading to XP Home Edition   
   instead   
   > of XP Pro Edition was the right decision too (grin).  Can anyone give me a   
   > hard reason why it would be better to to upgrade to the pro version over   
   the   
   > standard version?   
   >   
   >   
      
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