Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 Special Edition

Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 Special Edition is a limited time offer from Microsoft.  It includes VS .NET Pro + Windows Server 2003 + SQL Server 2000 Dev edition + the Office Tools for VS + a set a 4 MCAD/MCSD books + a voucher good for 50% off the price of an exam.  All this for $749US or $549US for an upgrade.

You can even crossgrade.  Here's the list of the eligible software that you can upgrade from:

Microsoft products:

• Visual Basic .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
• Visual C# .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
• Visual C++ .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
• Visual J# .NET 2002 or 2003 Standard Edition
• Visual Studio 97 or later Professional Edition
• Visual Studio 97 or later Enterprise Editions
• Visual Basic 5.0 or later Professional Edition
• Visual Basic 5.0 or later Enterprise Edition
• Visual C++ 5.0 or later Professional Edition
• Visual C++ 5.0 or later Enterprise Edition
• Visual InterDev 1.0 or later
• Visual J++ 1.1 or later Professional Edition
• Visual FoxPro 5.0 or later Professional Edition
• Visual SourceSafe 5.0 or later

Competitive products:

• IBM VisualAge
• IBM WebSphere Studio
• BEA WebLogic Workshop
• Oracle Developer Suite
• Oracle JDeveloper
• Borland C++Builder
• Borland Enterprise Studio
• Borland JBuilder
• Borland Delphi
• Borland Kylix
• WebGain Studio
• WebGain VisualCafe
• TogetherSoft Together ControlCenter
• Sun ONE Studio
• Macromedia Studio
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Macromedia Flash
• IntelliJ IDEA
• Intel C++
• Metrowerks CodeWarrior

Check it at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/se/default.aspx

Guy