[AccessD] SPAM-LOW: Re: Visual Studio Express

I would pretty much agree on that, 2008 is pretty darned awesome, and the express version of 2008 
would be preferable to standard 2005.

I have no experience with the 2010 version yet.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...yes and no ...there are so many improvements in VS2008 and 2010 in the 
> Express versions, over the VS2005 Standard version that unless I needed 
> something not available in the later Express versions, I'd choose the 2010 
> Express version over the 2005 Standard every time ...and the Standard 
> version is not much more capable than the Express versions anyway ...I 
> bought the 2008 Pro version as the lowest one that met all my foreseeable 
> needs after starting with the 2008 Express version.
> 
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> 
>> Rocky,
>>
>> The express editions are slightly crippled versions of the standard 
>> editions.  They are actually
>> quite capable of developing full on applications, but if you have standard 
>> then you certainly do not
>> want to use express.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com