New Visual Studio Developments

Chris Sells posted A Look into the Future of Visual Studio and "Free" (as in Beer) Access to VSIP! about the new Microsoft® Visual Studio Industry Partners Program (VSIP), including an affiliate level with free registration and access to the VSIP SDK (Do read the fine print in the VSIP SDK Agreement before downloading).  Alliance and Premier levels are also available (not free) with even closer contractual relationships with Microsoft®.