[karsten samaschke]

VS.NET 2005 Express

At TechEd Europe, Microsoft is announcing some new products targeting beginners, enthusiasts, hobbyists and students: The VS.NET 2005 Express products.

These products consist of:

• Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition, a lightweight tool for building dynamic Web sites and Web services
• Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, a streamlined programming tool for beginning programmers to learn how to build exciting Windows applications
• Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, and Visual J# 2005 Express Edition, targeted programming tools for students and enthusiasts who wish to learn the fundamentals of computer science
• Microsoft also ships SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, an entry-level database for hobbyists, enthusiasts, and students developers

For more information, look here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/default.aspx#express.

If these products will be continued and offered for free or little money, they could give ASP.NET a real boost forward!