Kris Kumar
10-30-2005, 03:45 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2005/10/27/485665.aspx' target='_blank'>http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2005/10/27/485665.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Earlier today, we shipped Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0! This is by far the best Visual Studio and .NET Framework release that we have ever done. I am very proud to be a part of the team that did a phenomenal job of delivering this fantastic product. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the community and early adopter customers for their incredible help and invaluable contributions in helping us ship the right product. Later in the day, the final bits will be up on MSDN for our MSDN subscribers around the world to get access to the product. I am looking forward to the product launch on November 7th and all the subsequent launch events around the world."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-Oct05-NETCFSupport.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft, is excited about the release of the RTM version of Visual Studio 2005 and the availability of the .NET Framework 2.0 for download. Visual Studio 2005 RTM can be downloaded by MSDN subscribers from <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions">here</a> and if you want to buy this developer software, check out this <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/vs2005/">site.</a> I wish the Express edition supported mobile development. :twisted: Developers will have to buy the more expensive Standard or Professional edition package for writing Windows Mobile 5.0 based applications. Anyone can download the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9655156b-356b-4a2c-857c-e62f50ae9a55&DisplayLang=en">here.</a> And as a reminder I have included the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2005/06/02/424382.aspx">compatibility matrix</a> posted by Robert Levy over at Windows Mobile Team blog.