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    Microsoft Computing: Visual Studio .NET 2005

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    Microsoft had originally planned to sell the free versions for $50 each. However, they evidently woke up and noticed that a capable tool for free will probably lead to higher software sales. I expect it will always be free, but we will have to see. The free versions are good for home, hobby, and light business development. Someone who is not an Enterprise level developer would be able to write a useful departmental application with the free versions. Deployment would be hard in an Enterprise setting. But, in that case, popping a couple of hundred bucks for a higher level version would be appropriate. The reporting tools you mentioned are free. However, you can not integrate Crystal Reports into the free versions. The reporting tools look like a nice gui report writer that is database driven. If it is anything line SQL Server Reporting Tools, you can buy books on thew subject. It is not a toy. ASP.Net also has a light web server suitable for development purposes. This means you can now learn how to develop ASP.Net 2.0 applications without a copy of IIS loaded on your personal computer.

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