Blend 2, 2.5 etc
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I've just bought an upgrade to Blend 2, which I notice still doesn't appear to be able to target silverlight 2. I see that the 2.5 preview does, but I can't seem to find any info on what the upgrade path (any costs and timescale) will be. Has anyone seen any details of what this will be?
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I've just bought an upgrade to Blend 2, which I notice still doesn't appear to be able to target silverlight 2. I see that the 2.5 preview does, but I can't seem to find any info on what the upgrade path (any costs and timescale) will be. Has anyone seen any details of what this will be?
The Expression team has said that Blend will continue to rev as Silverlight revs. I'm not sure whether there will be a full studio update when Silverlight ships, but I would expect a more finalized release or service pack for Blend at that time. You can view upgrade information here: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Upgrade.aspx[^] Service packs and minor releases are of course free. When Blend went from 1.0 to 2.0 the upgrade cost was $99. You can also buy a subscription for continuous updates. Other ways to get Expression: If you have an MSDN Pro license you have Expression Blend already. If you have an MSDN Pro Premium license you have Expression Studio already. If you are a college student you have access to Expression Studio through DreamSpark: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com[^] DreamSpark is currently only available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium.
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The Expression team has said that Blend will continue to rev as Silverlight revs. I'm not sure whether there will be a full studio update when Silverlight ships, but I would expect a more finalized release or service pack for Blend at that time. You can view upgrade information here: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Upgrade.aspx[^] Service packs and minor releases are of course free. When Blend went from 1.0 to 2.0 the upgrade cost was $99. You can also buy a subscription for continuous updates. Other ways to get Expression: If you have an MSDN Pro license you have Expression Blend already. If you have an MSDN Pro Premium license you have Expression Studio already. If you are a college student you have access to Expression Studio through DreamSpark: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com[^] DreamSpark is currently only available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium.
My posts may include factual data, educated guesses, personal opinion and dry humor. They should not be treated as an official Microsoft statement.
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Are you on Facebook? Check out the group My Company Writes and Sells Software.Thanks Jared, Could you just clarify, are you saying that silverlight 2.x will correspond to Blend 2.x, and therefore Silverlight 2 support will *likely* be added to Blend 2 as a (free) service pack - Or - When Silverlight 2 is finally released, a new release of Blend 3 will fully support it, which is likely to be available at an upgrade cost? Obviously it's all guesswork to a certain extent until it's announced, but intelligent guesses are usually better than my guesses ;) Cheers, Steve
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Thanks Jared, Could you just clarify, are you saying that silverlight 2.x will correspond to Blend 2.x, and therefore Silverlight 2 support will *likely* be added to Blend 2 as a (free) service pack - Or - When Silverlight 2 is finally released, a new release of Blend 3 will fully support it, which is likely to be available at an upgrade cost? Obviously it's all guesswork to a certain extent until it's announced, but intelligent guesses are usually better than my guesses ;) Cheers, Steve
I just forwarded the question on to the Blend team for a more official answer. They said they don't have any annoucments to make about future versions or service packs at this time. However, they also went on to say they are committed to enabling existing Blend 2 customers to create Silverlight 2 content when it is released at no charge. So, yes, there should be some sort of free update or add-on for existing Blend 2 users.
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I just forwarded the question on to the Blend team for a more official answer. They said they don't have any annoucments to make about future versions or service packs at this time. However, they also went on to say they are committed to enabling existing Blend 2 customers to create Silverlight 2 content when it is released at no charge. So, yes, there should be some sort of free update or add-on for existing Blend 2 users.
My posts may include factual data, educated guesses, personal opinion and dry humor. They should not be treated as an official Microsoft statement.
Sites of Interest: MSDN Events | US ISV Team Blog
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