Version upgrade rules?

[Jonathan Sachs]

Can someone refer me to an explanation of Visual Studio's upgrade
rules: which versions can be upgrade to which? I can't find them at
microsoft.com or any of the vendors I've checked.

I'm specifically interested in upgrading Visual Studio .net
Professional (2002) to the current version of Professional or
Standard.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Can someone refer me to an explanation of Visual Studio's upgrade
rules: which versions can be upgrade to which? I can't find them at
microsoft.com or any of the vendors I've checked.

I'm specifically interested in upgrading Visual Studio .net
Professional (2002) to the current version of Professional or
Standard.

Are you talking about the technicalities, or pricing? When you install
VS 2008 (or other versions) it doesn't upgrade the previous version, it
just installs alongside the old one.

 

[Jonathan Sachs]

Are you talking about the technicalities, or pricing? When you install
VS 2008 (or other versions) it doesn't upgrade the previous version, it
just installs alongside the old one.

Pricing. I didn't know old and new versions could be installed side
by side, but I don't have a need to do that anyway.

I'm sure you're aware of this, but I'm in the US, and the policies
might be different here than in Europe.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Pricing. I didn't know old and new versions could be installed side
by side, but I don't have a need to do that anyway.

I'm sure you're aware of this, but I'm in the US, and the policies
might be different here than in Europe.

In that case, I suspect http://microsoft.com/vstudio is your best bet.
I wouldn't hold out too much hope of an upgrade price having skipped 2
major versions though.

 

[Thomas Scheidegger]

Pricing

<URL:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700834.aspx>

"Upgrade information for Visual Studio 2005 Professional:
Customers who qualify for the upgrade price include licensed users
of the following Microsoft and competitor products:"


as this even lists e.g. the very old 'Visual C++ 5.0',
I guess VS 2002->2008 will be valid, too.

 

[Jonathan Sachs]

<URL:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700834.aspx>

"Upgrade information for Visual Studio 2005 Professional:
Customers who qualify for the upgrade price include licensed users
of the following Microsoft and competitor products:"


as this even lists e.g. the very old 'Visual C++ 5.0',
I guess VS 2002->2008 will be valid, too.

Yup, it's listed there. As I own and old Visual C++ as well -- if I
can unearth it -- I guess I qualify twice!

While waiting for the answer to this question I found something else
that complicates my decision. I'll post a question shortly under the
title "Port Java to J# or C#?"