Visual Studio and MSDN renewal
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I just received the call to renew my VS2005 Pro and MSDN for around $1500 in Australia today. I cannot make up my mind whether to continue on. I use MSDN and feel kinda secure being subscribed but mostly use the free stuff. The renewal is much the same cost as a new subscription. I would expect the impending (one hopes) SP1 will be accessible to all. The test licenses for the OS and things go on forever, the articles are free on the MS site. I use VS for part of the fairly standard development consultancy work I do but avoid the 'cutting edge' like most. I would appreciate anyone else with a view on whether renewing makes sense in their world?
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I just received the call to renew my VS2005 Pro and MSDN for around $1500 in Australia today. I cannot make up my mind whether to continue on. I use MSDN and feel kinda secure being subscribed but mostly use the free stuff. The renewal is much the same cost as a new subscription. I would expect the impending (one hopes) SP1 will be accessible to all. The test licenses for the OS and things go on forever, the articles are free on the MS site. I use VS for part of the fairly standard development consultancy work I do but avoid the 'cutting edge' like most. I would appreciate anyone else with a view on whether renewing makes sense in their world?
Probably not worth renewing unless you're on the cutting edge. Maybe re-subscribing every 2-3 years might be a better bet for your scenario?
Kevin
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I just received the call to renew my VS2005 Pro and MSDN for around $1500 in Australia today. I cannot make up my mind whether to continue on. I use MSDN and feel kinda secure being subscribed but mostly use the free stuff. The renewal is much the same cost as a new subscription. I would expect the impending (one hopes) SP1 will be accessible to all. The test licenses for the OS and things go on forever, the articles are free on the MS site. I use VS for part of the fairly standard development consultancy work I do but avoid the 'cutting edge' like most. I would appreciate anyone else with a view on whether renewing makes sense in their world?
The renewal is just for msdn. If you have VS2005, you're entitled to all service packs for that product. I don't think MSDN is worth the money any more (and hasn't been since about 1997).
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