>>>My current client would like to purchase VS2008. I've been trying to find a guesstimate re: when it will be available as a packaged product (I did finally get it downloaded from MSDN by the way).
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>>>Anyone have reliable info?
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>>Newletter from MS in the UK sent this morning states that the 'global launch date' for VS2008 (plus SQL 2008 and Windows Server 2008) is the 27th Feb....
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>>Don't know what 'global launch date' means tho :=|
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>I think they are trying to get the marketing dates together for Server 2008, SQL 2008, and VS2008 so they can have events that cover all at the same time..
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>For the moment my client is probably going to just go with VS2005 and we may try to step the project up to 2008 if that doesn't cause too many headaches. I was hoping to start with 2008, but they call the shots, and they want me to start on the project ASAP.

I'm just moving a small web app from VS2003/VB.NET to VS2005/C#. Sods law....