VS.NET 2005 Beta

[Mark]

I'm aware that the VS.NET 2005 Beta is available for MSDN subscribers, and
that the framework and express products are now publicly available through
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/default.aspx.

Will the VS.NET 2005 Beta ever be publically available, and if so, when?
Thanks in advance.

Mark

 

[Shiva]

Hi,
You can always order it on CD/DVD:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/order/default.aspx

I'm aware that the VS.NET 2005 Beta is available for MSDN subscribers, and
that the framework and express products are now publicly available through
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/default.aspx.

Will the VS.NET 2005 Beta ever be publically available, and if so, when?
Thanks in advance.

Mark

 

[Adam Clauss]

Hi,
You can always order it on CD/DVD:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/order/default.aspx

$8.50 for shipping & handling??? That's a bit steep for a DVD... Count me out.

 

[Mark]

Excellent. Just ordered it. Thanks!

Mark

 

[Jack Hanebach]

$8.50 for shipping & handling??? That's a bit steep for a DVD...
Count me out.

You're kidding, right?

 

[Adam Clauss]

Kidding that $8.50 is the price, or that its too high?
I could ship a set of DVDs for about $2 ground... it just doesn't cost that much (and yes, it does say it is shipping out ground).

 

[Thomas Tomiczek [MVP]]

This is because you are an unemployed person living in india, right?

8.50 $ is Shipping & HANDLING. The DVD has to be produced (with nice
printing etc. this is about 1 USD), has to be packed etc.

8.50 is not a bad deal.

But then, you are unemployed in india and should actually not have money for
an internet connection anyway.

--
Regards

Thomas Tomiczek
THONA Software & Consulting Ltd.
(Microsoft MVP C#/.NET)
(CTO PowerNodes Ltd.)

 

[Bob Grommes]

It's shipping *and handling*. There is nothing immoral about them
collecting whatever they feel they need to cover their costs so long as it's
stated up front. Sure you can ship a DVD for $2. How much does the media,
duplication, packing, etc. cost? I guarantee you they're not making any
money on it.

What *is* pretty nutty is 30 days to get around to shipping it, but I guess
that is to not steal from the Instant Gratification that comes with an MSDN
subscription, which *is* sufficiently expensive that it's a dubious
investment for my purposes. I can afford to wait 30 days.

While a lot of us might question spending around $1K for an MSDN
subscription, I can't imagine anyone making a living at programming, even at
today's depressed rates, who can't afford $9. But if you can't, then
download the free Express betas. They're enough to familiarize yourself
with the changes to the framework library and languages.

--Bob

 

[Adam Clauss]

This is because you are an unemployed person living in india, right?

Yes.... that's right... I live in India.... despite having lived in Houston, Texas my entire life, except while I've been in College
Station attending Texas A&M University... :/

8.50 $ is Shipping & HANDLING. The DVD has to be produced (with nice printing etc. this is about 1 USD), has to be packed etc.

If it was cost of the DVD - then the actual item we were adding to the shopping cart would not be free! HANDLING is the cost of
paying someone to stick the darn thing in a box and stick an address label on it.

Where in the heck did India come from anyhow???

 

[Thomas Tomiczek [MVP]]

The idea you are an unemloyed indian comes from your respect for USD 8.5.

But then I start forgetting that in "God's given country" there propably are
more people living like poos bastards than in the third world, after 4 years
of George W. Bush.

--
Regards

Thomas Tomiczek
THONA Software & Consulting Ltd.
(Microsoft MVP C#/.NET)
(CTO PowerNodes Ltd.)
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[Otis Mukinfus]

The idea you are an unemloyed indian comes from your respect for USD 8.5.

But then I start forgetting that in "God's given country" there propably are
more people living like poos bastards than in the third world, after 4 years
of George W. Bush.

Please keep your political views out of this group and be considerate
enough to use the group for it's intended purpose.
Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com