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John Dalberg
I don't know how much Microsoft is planning to price Visual Web Developer
Express Edition. I heard rumors from free to $100.
In my opinion I think it should make it free. The reason is to attract as
many people to .NET and ASP.NET. This includes people who are in the Linux
world using free IDE's like Eclipse and the people who are thinking of
switching from Windows to Linux because Linux and Linux tools are free.
Even if MS prices it at $50, it is still too much for teenagers who are
going to be the future software engineers, developers and coders,... third
world countries developers and the people who just don't want to pay a
penny for any software (the if-it's software,
it-should-be-downloadable-for-free folks).
I would like to think of Visual Web Developer Express Edition as the next
version of Web Matrix and *IS* supported by Microsoft. This way, MS can get
tons of people interested in .NET. On top of that, make the package include
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition for free too (I think it is already?).
I don't think MS is too happy with the fact that .NET hasn't been embraced
as it thought it would.
MS doesn't need to make any money from these entry level packages. It
didn't do it with IE. The long term benefits will be astounding.
John Dalberg
Express Edition. I heard rumors from free to $100.
In my opinion I think it should make it free. The reason is to attract as
many people to .NET and ASP.NET. This includes people who are in the Linux
world using free IDE's like Eclipse and the people who are thinking of
switching from Windows to Linux because Linux and Linux tools are free.
Even if MS prices it at $50, it is still too much for teenagers who are
going to be the future software engineers, developers and coders,... third
world countries developers and the people who just don't want to pay a
penny for any software (the if-it's software,
it-should-be-downloadable-for-free folks).
I would like to think of Visual Web Developer Express Edition as the next
version of Web Matrix and *IS* supported by Microsoft. This way, MS can get
tons of people interested in .NET. On top of that, make the package include
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition for free too (I think it is already?).
I don't think MS is too happy with the fact that .NET hasn't been embraced
as it thought it would.
MS doesn't need to make any money from these entry level packages. It
didn't do it with IE. The long term benefits will be astounding.
John Dalberg