Adding to the already strong MS response :-)
VS2005 is currently available for download via
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/default.aspx. In addition, you can order the DVD from country specific order pages. Here in New Zealand you can get Visual Studio 2005 B2 for free on DVD (it includes SQL 2005 too) from
http://www.microsoft.com/nz/evaluate...ts/vs2005.aspx (NOTE - NZ ONLY).
Once the product has RTM'd there is normally free trials available for download/order (this is currently the case with VS2003), but like James I'm not in charge of such decisions and cant say one way or another.