>> I should clarify this. Mike is referring to the fact that all of these languages share a common shell. However, Microsoft has NOT announced details on how Visual Studio will be made available once released, including whether there will be individual releases of the separate languages.
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>How could you make them available separately? If they no longer have IDE's of their own, how would you get at them without the VS shell?

Languages are just services that can be plugged into the VS IDE. So, Microsoft may decide to ship a seaparate VB.Net which has the VS Shell and just the VB language service. Again, Microsoft has not announced details on specific product SKUs.