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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:02 am
by thefool
Visual basic.net Express is free, and i think the standard version of vb.net costs about 50-150$.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:24 am
by PB
> Not sure what it costs now. Probably free.
It came with a visual studio
> development environment.
I just checked Microsoft's site and the Standard (not Pro) version currently
costs AUD $508 -- so you getting it for AUD $50 was a bargain! The Pro is
AUD $1387!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:19 pm
by Dare2
Wow. HUGE difference. I may not be talking about the same thing you are!?
But it is (was) VB.NET with manuals and guides for Visual Studio 6 professional edition and VB.net and lots of big glossy foldouts (like ATL structure diagram, etc etc). It also had a "How to convert VB6 to VB net" which, basically, was a long winded way of saying you couldn't easily do it.
It has (had), from recollection, 4 or 6 CDs. It took hours to install (literally hours on win2K) in staged installs from the CD.
It was horrible to use. And each net upgrade seemed to bring on a conflict. I think the original net version was something like 1.0.nnnnn
I did nothing serious with it at all. So glad I didn't fork out $500+ or $1300+
If I can find the CDs and etc I might see if I can downgrade it.
But I am not sure where I stored them. Perhaps the waste paper bin.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:52 pm
by thefool
PB wrote:> Not sure what it costs now. Probably free.
It came with a visual studio
> development environment.
I just checked Microsoft's site and the Standard (not Pro) version currently
costs AUD $508 -- so you getting it for AUD $50 was a bargain! The Pro is
AUD $1387!
We talk about vb.net only, not visual studio.net. Visual studio is a collection of c++.net, vb.net, c#.net, j#.net and more.
Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition:
$299.00
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:18 pm
by PB
> We talk about vb.net only, not visual studio.net
Oh, okay. Where on Microsoft's site can I find a price for just VB.NET then?
I went to the "Buy it" link on the VB.NET page which led to the prices I quoted.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:24 am
by thefool
I saw it once, but cant find it now :/
However express editions are free, and they are pretty good. And i think you can use them for commercial use too..