Microsoft Visual Studio Express Permanently Free
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 1:12 PM by Randall
Microsoft announced today that their Visual Studio Express editions -- which I posted about months ago -- will be permanently free. The free offer had been scheduled to expire in November of this year.
From the blog of Dan Fernandez (Lead Product Manager for Visual Studio Express):
We are incredibly excited to announce that effective April 19th, 2006, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions including Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual J#, Visual C++, and Visual Web Developer Express will be free permanently!
Prior to this pricing announcement, Visual Studio Express Editions were promotionally discounted to be free for one year, starting on November 7th, 2005. With this announcement, the promotional discount for Visual Studio Express is now permanent and Express will continue to be free.