visual studio 2003 updrade FREE?

[ThePentiumGuy]

i read somewhere that the Visual Studio 2003 upgrade was free! is this true
go here:

http://apress.com/book/errataDisplay.html?bID=111&sID=1039

if it is free, can u tell me where u can upgrade? i have visual studio.net 2002

 

[mutant]

It is not free, it costs $29, you can upgrade VS.NET 2002 PRO, ENT DEV, and ENT ARCH. Cant update Standard versions. For more info look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/upgrade/vstudio03/

 

[Madz]

Tell me one thing if i want to upgrade what would i get [/b]All new CD's[/b] or some other

i am using Enterprise Developer it means i will received a Visual Studio.NET 2003 Enterprise Developer suit in just 29$ ?

 

[mutant]

Excatly
But you have to follow the link I gave above to the Special Upgrade website.
Or
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...r_1_5/002-0227768-2628808?v=glance&s=software

 

[wyrd]

I'm curious, does anyone know if the upgrade would work with the Academic version of VS.NET? Academic is the exact same thing as Professional, except I have to use it for education purposes and can't sell anything I make with it.

 

[mutant]

Sorry
A quote from MS site:

...
Please note that only the above three products are eligible for this offer. The following products are not eligible for this promotion:

Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic
...

 

[Kenbuddy]

OK -- that quote applies to the $29 offer, which I think already expired. I have the academic version of Visual Studio 6 Professional. Can I upgrade from that? I haven't found anything on the MS website that explicitly says you can't, although I haven't found anything that explicitly says you can either!

Thanks.

 

[Derek Stone]

There is no physical upgrade from Visual Studio 6 to Visual Studio .NET. They are two separate software packages. With that said Microsoft (and its vendors) offer "special" upgrade prices for existing Visual Studio users.

 

[jfackler]

Here's the upgrade page.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/pricing.aspx
Looks like it will cost you $549

Customers who qualify for this upgrade price include licensed users of the following Microsoft and competitor products:
Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
Visual Studio 97 Professional Edition
Visual Studio 97 Enterprise Edition
Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition
Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition
Visual Basic® 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition
Visual Basic 5.0 (or later) Enterprise Edition
Visual C++® 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition
Visual C++ 5.0 (or later) Enterprise Edition,
Visual InterDev® 1.0 (or later)
Visual J++® 1.1 (or later) Professional Edition
Visual FoxPro® 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition
Visual SourceSafe® 5.0 (or later)

Competitive products:
IBM VisualAge • IBM WebSphere Studio • BEA WebLogic Workshop • Oracle Developer Suite • Oracle JDeveloper • Borland C++Builder • Borland Enterprise Studio • Borland JBuilder • Borland Delphi • Borland Kylix • WebGain Studio • WebGain VisualCafé • TogetherSoft Together ControlCenter • Sun ONE Studio • Macromedia Studio • Macromedia Dreamweaver • Macromedia Flash • IntelliJ IDEA • Intel C++ • Metrowerks CodeWarrior

 

[TheWizardofInt]

Is it worth upgrading to at any price?

 

[twofaze]

Is it worth upgrading to at any price?

everyone says this version is much more user friendly...

 

[ThePentiumGuy]

no way? are you serious - i thought it was the same except file types are different - i never noticed much change...


lol the funny part is i started this thead on 05-24-2003 05:46 PM

wow, its a good thing my dad got the upgrade before they changed the price to $549

:-D