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    <p>Olà Sir, </p> <p>Most .Net development tools are free theses days !</p> <p>Yes, you got it right : they are plain free for as long as you want, not less !</p> <p>How come ? Simple : you just have to have a recent computer. Then, you install Microsoft Virtual PC or VMWare Workstation (the first is free, the latter is not free, you have to look). They are virtual machines engines.</p> <p>Then, you install XP or Vista on your virtual machine (you can use your current DVD along with your current Windows Product Key, or any ISO files - you can even download a free trial of Windows Vista or Windows 7 on Microsoft website - for free.). Once it's done, you can install on your virtual machine as much free trial Microsoft's softwares as you want : Visual Studio 2008 Team System, Visual Studio 2010 CTP, Office 2007, Visio 2007, you name it ! Just go and install them !</p> <p>Once it is done, make a backup of you virtual machine (it should be a big file, something like 20 Go; but at todays' prices, you can even store it on an USB key ! it's very cheap). Then, lunch your primary copy and enjoy all those softwares for free !</p> <p>60 days later, when your free trials begin to expire, you just have to copy your virtual machine's backup over your current virtual machine. 5 minutes... Then, start it up and change the date and time of your virtual machine (change it to the date of your downloads).</p> <p>This way, you can use free Microsoft softwares for as long as you want !</p> <p>Well... Most people will not do that if they really use these softwares... A complete version of Visual Studio sells for about 200 $ these day (just buy the upgrade edition) and it is very, very cheap ! Office (the familly version) sells for about 150 $. Again, this is a real bargain. At these prices, stealing softwares is not an option to me.</p> <p>That is to say, if you want to explore and don't have a lot of money to spend for it, virtual machines revivals can be a solution.</p> <p>Beside that, as a lot of peoples told you, there are free Express Versions of about every Microsoft's developer's tools. They are much more than introductory tools and they may be the best bet for what your looking for. You should definitively have a look at them.</p> <p>(I just download VStudio 2008 Team Foundation for Virtual PC for free and it is exactly what we use at work. My intend : to explorer freely without breaking real world work... </p> <p>Best wishes Sylvain Rodrigue, Paris.</p> <p>Best wishes, Sylvain, Paris.</p>
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