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Rory · Feb 19th, 2005, 3:18 PM

Visual Studio 2005 comes out in August (allegedly, but apparently Longhorn came out in January!). You can get a free beta of all the main components (VB C#, J# and WebDeveloper but unfortunately no C++) off the MSDN Connection website, or if you're in the UK it was out on the PCPlus Cover disc a while back.
Personally I don't see what is really that different, appart from some window dressing: ooh they've added the My namespace in VB, that'll change my life that will.... ahem. Authenticode gets an update, you can actually use the XP visual styles and the improved intellisense is good, if a little slow, but I expect that'll be sorted for the release. Dunno about you but I'm not wasting money on the new version of Enterprise Architect when the amount of money they want could buy you a server!

Feb 19th, 2005, 3:18 PM	#5
Rory Expert Programmer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 542 Rep Power: 4	Visual Studio 2005 comes out in August (allegedly, but apparently Longhorn came out in January!). You can get a free beta of all the main components (VB C#, J# and WebDeveloper but unfortunately no C++) off the MSDN Connection website, or if you're in the UK it was out on the PCPlus Cover disc a while back. Personally I don't see what is really that different, appart from some window dressing: ooh they've added the My namespace in VB, that'll change my life that will.... ahem. Authenticode gets an update, you can actually use the XP visual styles and the improved intellisense is good, if a little slow, but I expect that'll be sorted for the release. Dunno about you but I'm not wasting money on the new version of Enterprise Architect when the amount of money they want could buy you a server!