dinga Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 I am thinking of buying VB.Net from microsoft. Can anyone tell me if there are any differences in the Academic version 2003 compared to the standard version 2003. Cheers Dinga Quote
*Experts* mutant Posted May 26, 2003 *Experts* Posted May 26, 2003 Academic version is like Professional version with additional student tools and the price is lower because its for education. If you have choice between those 2 go with Academic all the way. Quote
noRulez Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 I did notice that the ms website said that the 2003 upgrade to .NET was not available to academic version owners...so you might keep that in mind. It looks like there will be limitations. Correct me if I'm wrong on that. Quote
*Experts* mutant Posted May 26, 2003 *Experts* Posted May 26, 2003 Upgrades are not available to for Standard editions either, and he will buy 2003 now anyway :) Quote
noRulez Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 Yeah, but I was mentioning this for any future upgrades, etc... There could be things that he would miss out on... Quote
philprice Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 I got my acedemic version for free, thank you microsoft :) Quote Phil Price� Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Student Partner 2004 Microsoft Redmond, EMEA Intern 2004
Leaders John Posted May 26, 2003 Leaders Posted May 26, 2003 How? Quote "These Patriot playoff wins are like Ray Charles songs, Nantucket sunsets, and hot fudge sundaes. Each one is better than the last." - Dan Shaughnessy
wyrd Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 I have Academic.. no complaints here. Does everything I need it to. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
*Experts* mutant Posted May 27, 2003 *Experts* Posted May 27, 2003 It would all be good with professional/AE version but I read somewhere that the server explorer only works with MSDE and not MSSQL :( Quote
wyrd Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 Well, you can connect to MS SQL servers and view details about tables, etc. It's just that you have to manage all of your DB info via code, it doesn't give you all them nifty options to quickly build your table via a few clicks. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
dinga Posted May 28, 2003 Author Posted May 28, 2003 Academic version Thanks, I think that confirms it for me. I will get the academic version and save the $$$ Quote
ThePentiumGuy Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 The only problem with the academic is that you cant distribute the programs you make with it for money Quote My VB.NET Game Programming Tutorial Site (GDI+, Direct3D, Tetris [coming soon], a full RPG.... you name it!) vbprogramming.8k.com My Project (Need VB.NET Programmers) http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ResolutionRPG
Leaders John Posted June 2, 2003 Leaders Posted June 2, 2003 Yes you can. Microsoft says that you shouldn't, not that you can't. This is a welome change, for me anyway, from VB6. Quote "These Patriot playoff wins are like Ray Charles songs, Nantucket sunsets, and hot fudge sundaes. Each one is better than the last." - Dan Shaughnessy
wyrd Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 Orbity: Where's it say this? I was always under the impression you couldn't (not that I actually ever cared since there's no way you can possibly tell, but still) Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Leaders John Posted June 3, 2003 Leaders Posted June 3, 2003 The real question is, where does it say you can't? http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/MessageBoard/Thread.aspx?id=13271 http://www.visualbasicforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=74111 Quote "These Patriot playoff wins are like Ray Charles songs, Nantucket sunsets, and hot fudge sundaes. Each one is better than the last." - Dan Shaughnessy
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.