>>>>>I actually found no reason to use .NET 3.5 either. But I just remembered that I do have one reason to update to VS 2008 but I will look into how much it is. Do you know if VS 2005 can be used independently with VS 2008 on the same PC?
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>>>>I don't know, sorry. I would assume you can have both.
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>>>>I have VS 2008 and VS 2010 Beta 2 installed now and both are working OK (except for VS 2010 seems to be quit slow).
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>>>I don't want to be a beta tester and don't want to have the latest version, just because it is there, unless I have a practical reason for it. But since the guy who does some of my work uses VS 2008, I may have to update to VS 2008. But since most of my .NET projects are done in VS 2005, I would like to continue using it (along with VS 2008).
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>>All your VS2005 apps will run perfectly in VS2008. There is no down side for that upgrade unlike some earlier upgrades. It is like getting free stuff with no obligation or cost. I work on all my apps in VS2008 including the ones that are still running on Dot net 2.0. I suffered a long time from the upgrade to VS2005 but VS2008 did not show a single problem. I use lots of third party products that all have to be compatible. VS2008 (Dot Net 3.5) is built on top of Dot net 2.0 so no suffering.
>>Tim
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>Thank you for your input. But how can it be "no cost." Isn't VS 2008 a paid upgrade?

Yes, I wasn't actually referring to money; just the application and programming cost. Sorry bout that chief
Tim