>>As mentioned earlier, go to the VS.NET 2005 launch, Microsoft has been extremely generous and given away the Standard Edition of VS.NET 2005 and SQL 2005. These aren't the freebie versions, but are the entry level pay version. Probably all the many developers need.
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>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx
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>I went to the Vancouver Launch on Tuesday. Pretty intense. The swag also included BizTalk Server 2006 and Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.

I didn't see there. Nuts. We have to hook up next time. I've got a bunch of VFP books that I want to give to the VFP user group.