The (Access 2007) runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Folks

From Clint Covington's blog

The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

This morning we are announcing that the developer extensions and
runtime will be available for FREE! In the past, Access developers had
to purchase the Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office System in
order to build and deploy runtime solutions. The product was costly at
nearly $800 for the full version and $550 for the upgrade. This really
is great news for Access developers.

We are still working on the finishing touches--I don't have a definite
release date but rest assured the team is working hard to finish the
work.

http://blogs.msdn.com/clintcovingto...me-and-developer-extensions-will-be-free.aspx

Tony
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[mstanley]

Excellent news!!

 

[David W. Fenton]

Excellent news!!

It really *is* good news!

And rather puts and end to my suspicions that MS didn't like the
runtime because it cut down on software license purchases -- who but
developers would use the runtime? So, perhaps they have more in mind
for developers than we thought.

Of course, there's also the possibility that the new runtime and
development tools won't be as elaborate and flexible as the old
ones, and that you'll end up having to buy some advanced toolkit to
do practical runtime apps.

Me, pessimistic?

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

BTW Clint would appreciate comments in his blog.

Tony
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