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

[Guest 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$ ?

[Guest mutant]

Excatly :)

But you have to follow the link I gave above to the Special Upgrade website.

Or

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000969VT/qid=1053873853/sr=1-5/ref=sr_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.

[Guest mutant]

Sorry :(

A quote from MS site:

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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...:p

 

 

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