I have been using Visual1.1 C# .NET for a few years but due to buying
code from rentacoder.com I have to now upgrade to run imported code
(which I have purchased).

I would appreciate any views held by developers in this NG of the
worth of Visual Studio 2008 Professional and the same software but the
Standard version.

Also, does anyone have any concept of the worth of 3.0 over 3.5 and if
3.5 will have incompatibilities with 3.0, ie would code written under
3.0 fail in 3.5?

I only use C# and not VB.

Hello Logician,

L> I would appreciate any views held by developers in this NG of the
L> worth of Visual Studio 2008 Professional and the same software but
L> the Standard version.

see the product comparision
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/de-de/vs2008/products/bb980920(en-us).aspx

L> Also, does anyone have any concept of the worth of 3.0 over 3.5 and
L> if 3.5 will have incompatibilities with 3.0, ie would code written
L> under 3.0 fail in 3.5?

yep, it fails. u need .net 3.5 to compile and run .net 3.5 projects

..NET is compatible from the top to the bottom

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WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

On Feb 23, 12:39*pm, Michael Nemtsev [MVP] <nemt...@msn.com> wrote:
> Hello Logician,
>
> L> I would appreciate any views held by developers in this NG of the
> L> worth of Visual Studio 2008 Professional and the same software but
> L> the Standard version.
>
> see the product comparisionhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/de-de/vs2008/products/bb980920(en-us).aspx
>
> L> Also, does anyone have any concept of the worth of 3.0 over 3.5 and
> L> if 3.5 will have incompatibilities with 3.0, ie would code written
> L> under 3.0 fail in 3.5?
>
> yep, it fails. u need .net 3.5 to compile and run .net 3.5 projects
>
> .NET is compatible from the top to the bottom
>
> ---
> WBR,
> Michael *Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP] :: blog:http://spaces.live.com/laflour
>
> "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
> miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

Looks to me like Server Explorer is the only real difference and maybe
Mobile later.