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04-20-2006, 11:59 AM Liago Joined on 04-22-2005 Posts 25 Visual Studio Express and SQL Server Express are free! Microsoft is offering Visual Studio Express and SQL Server Express for free as downloads from their web site. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ All hobbyist developers and people that want to improve their skills away from the office should consider this offer. They've also launched a site targeting the casual developer, http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/    Report

05-08-2006, 7:58 PM bdsutton Joined on 06-26-2005 Eastern Iowa Posts 26 Re: Visual Studio Express and SQL Server Express are free! Just in case you don't have access to a full blown instance of SQL Server 2005, now you can get SQL Express.  SQL Express has a full GUI management tool that is very similar to the full version's management tool.  You can get full text search with SQL express, and can also run reporting services as well.  It's main limitation is that an instance can only grow to 4 gigs, and there isn't a throttle on the number of current connections. Microsoft has really made this free product powerful, so give it a try if you haven't already. Chris    Report

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